Already receiving praise for revolutionising the history of sexuality, this book is bound to be a fascinating analysis of sex and identity in early-modern Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
Meticulously researched, beautifully written, scholarly yet intimate, this narrative history of what was once called Eastern Europe will inform and delight. JM sweeps through two millennia w... read more
VM was the author of The Map of Knowledge, a compelling account of the survival of the ancient classics in the Muslim world, and their re-emergence in the West. Now she turns her attention t... read more