Describes the history, geography, economy, government, religious and social life, language and culture, various famous people, and outstanding tourist sites of Turkey. Includes a recipe for Turkish lemonade.
Chronicles the life of the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, discussing how he ruled his empire for nearly fifty years, his efforts to extend the boundaries of Islam, his political ideas, and other related topics.
Francis Crawford of Lymond secretkt searches the Ottoman empire for his son, while on a mission to the Turkish Sultan. His son is a pawn in a political game that includes treason, enslavement, and murder.
An English boy, shipwrecked, hungry, and lost, finds his way into the court of Constantine where he is interpreted as a symbol of good luck and, as such, ordered to be kept always near the king.
Provides an overview of the lives of Suleyman I and his subjects in the Ottoman Empire of the late sixteenth century, and includes excerpts from poems, letters, and stories of the time.
