What was the significance of the Ottoman Empire? What kind of lives did people live? What lessons can be learnt from the civilization that the Ottomans created? What does the Ottoman Empire mean to us today? This book answers these questions.
A detailed history of the Ottomans written by a leading Turkish historian.
'Lyrical yet careful, this introduction to the Ottoman reality will soon become a classic of popular history-writing.' T.J. Winter, University of Cambridge