Lords of The Horizons

Informationen zum Autor Jason Godwin is a historian, journalist and travel writer. He has travelled extensively in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and India; his first book, The Gunpowder Gardens: Travels through India and China in search of Tea , was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Awards, 1991, and his second, On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul , was the winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, 1993. He is also the author of several crime novels, and in 2007 was awarded the Edgar Award for Best Novel for The Janissary Tree . Klappentext Very readable history of the Ottoman Empire. 'A fascinating read... he writes with an appropriate )elan( and balances the sweep of great events with a host of revealing and sometimes pungent details... ' )The Times(. 'Brilliant and beautifully written' )Daily Telegraph(. Reissue. Zusammenfassung ‘Perhaps the most readable history ever written’ Time OutLords of the Horizons charts the Ottoman Empire's swirling epic history; dramatic — detailed and alive — a journey, and a world all in one. The Ottoman Empire has long exerted a strong pull on Western minds and hearts.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Goodwin, Goodwin Jason
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.03.1999
• EAN: 9780099994008
• ISBN: 978-0-09-999400-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Cultural Studies, European History, Ottoman Empire, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Middle East, Turkey, Colonialism & imperialism, Middle Eastern history, Colonialism and imperialism, History: specific events and topics, African History, North Africa