The rise of Suleyman the Magnificent is told with a clever balance of the close (viziers, lovers, military commanders) and the distant (Venice, popes, emperors, Christendom and its internecine politics). CdeB has written several other excellent books on the Middle East and this will be no exception.
The Lion House: The Coming of A King
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There are extraordinarily few books set on the island of Majorca. This is the first English translation of a novel published in Spanish in 1960, four years after Lorenç Villalonga’s The D... read more
The Island
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In the footsteps of Odysseus, where myth and geography meet, the author finds herself on a quest of her own.
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A young Sicilian woman delves into her family's history, their relationships, intrigues, betrayals, struggles. This is a new translation and the first unabridged version of what is widely co... read more
Lies and Sorcery
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New edition of these wonderful, open-eyed letters by the wife of the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte; fascinating glimpses of the world of Ottoman women, not least their practice of ... read more
The Turkish Embassy Letters: 1716-1718
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