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The Balkans : a Short History
by Mazower,Mark
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- 2002
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- 9780812966213
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New York: Modern Library, 2002 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Pbk Edition. Throughout history, the Balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural, and economic mixing and clashing between Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Orthodoxy. In this highly acclaimed short history, Mark Mazower sheds light on what has been called the tinderbox of Europe,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sultan's Harem
by Falconer, Colin
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- 1st US Edition.
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780609610305
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New York : Crown Publishers, 1992 Book. Illus. by Mougoyiannis, Athina. As New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. A dramatic, unforgettable novel of cruelty and passion set in the great Harem of the Ottoman empire.In Constantinople there is only one ruler: Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, Lord of Lords of this World, Possessor of Mens Necks, Allahs Deputy, absolute ruler of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Byzantine Journey
by Ash, John
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9780679409342
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New York: Random House, 1995 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. Part travel and part luminous cultural history of the Byzantine Empire. "A high point of civilization and artistic accomplishment, the Byzantine Empire has also been the object of great misunderstanding and prejudice. This is a portrayal of its cultural history focusing on its surreal landscapes and fantastic monuments.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Isik Dogu'dan Yukselir :unlu Turk Ve Mususlmanu Billim Adamilari
by Vural, Cuma [Ed]
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- 1st Turkish Edition.
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- 2013
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- Paperback
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- 9786055143138
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Ankara: Panama Yayinclik, 2013 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Turkish Edition.. "Light rises from the east: famous Turkish and Muslim scientists" A survey in dictionary format of Turkish and Muslim discoverers, explorers, inventors and scientists. 376p. illus bibliography.. Item Price
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Topkapi Palace
by Can, Turhan
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- 3rd.ed..
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- 1995
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- 9789759131135
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Istanbul: Orient Turistik Yayinlar ve Hizmetler, 1995 Book. As New. Original Wraps. 3rd.ed... Illustrated guide to the Topkapi Palace. A detailed round tour, General plans of the Palace, the Harem and the outer gardens of the palace/ deiled rouns tour,112p. illus (col). Item Price
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Selected Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montague
by Wortley Montague,Mary (Lady)
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- 1st Pbk Edition
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- 1986
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- 9780140570267
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London: Penguin, 1986 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Pbk Edition. Edited by Robert Halsband. 'The remarkable correspondence of a traveller, feminist and notable woman of letters 1708-1762' (includes some of her delightful observations of Ottoman Turkish life and manners in the 18th.Century, whilst her husband was Ambassdor to the Sublime Porte - pages 23-120] 310p. index.Paper slightly age toned,… Read more about this item Item Price
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History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey : Volume I : Empire of the Ghazis 1280-1808
by Shaw,Stanford J.
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- Reprint
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- 1976
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- 9780521212809
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976 Book. New. Hardcover. Reprint. VOLUME ONE ONLY of a 2 volume History "Empire of the Gazis: The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1280-1808 is the first book of the two-volume History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. It describes how the Ottoman Turks, a small band of nomadic soldiers, managed to expand… Read more about this item Item Price
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Turkish Reflections : A Biography of a Place
by Settle,Mary Lee
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- 1989
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- 9780671779979
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New York: Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, 1989 Book. As New. Soft cover. "After a twenty-year absence, Mary Lee Settle returns to the land she calls the happiest home she has ever known. A land of intersecting continents, cultures, and contradictions, Turkey beckons her on a cross-country journey, in search of the country's soul--a personal odyssey into history, legend, rumor, and myth"… Read more about this item Item Price
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The House of Nasi : The Duke of Naxos
by Roth, Cecil
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- 1948
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Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1948 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Ed... Dom Joseph Nasi 1524-1579 (or Nassi; also known as João Miques/Micas and Dom João Migas Mendes in a Portuguese variant, Giuseppe Nasi in Italian, and as Yasef Nassi in Ottoman Turkish) , was a Jewish diplomat and administrator, member of the House of Mendes/Benveniste, and a nephew… Read more about this item Item Price
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Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924
by Mansel, Philip
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- 1998
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- 9780312187088
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New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1998 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Pbk Ed... Mansel's sweeping narrative of the last five centuries of Constantinople reinterprets the history of the Ottoman Empire and provides an enthralling biography of "the city of the world's desire". "This is a work for the general reader which will also earn the admiration of all academic… Read more about this item Item Price
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Embassy to Constantinople : The Travels of Lady Mary Wortley Montague
by Wortley Montague,Mary (Lady) (Ed. Christopher Pick)
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- 1st UK Edition.
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780712619004
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London: Century, 1988 Book. Illus. by Introduced By Dervla Murphy. As New. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. The delightful observations of Lady Mary Wortley-Montague on Ottoman Turkish life and manners in the 18th.Century, whilst her husband was Ambassdor to the Sublime Porte . The book is enhanced by a wonderful selection of contemporary illustrations.224p. plates (some col.) index. Item Price
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Lords of the Horizons ; a History of The Ottoman Empire
by Goodwin, Jason
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- 1st.US Edition.
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- 1998
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- 9780099994008
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London: Vintage, 1998 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. 1st.US Edition.. "Since the Turks first shattered the glory of the French crusaders in 1396, the Ottoman Empire has exerted a long, strong pull on Western minds. For six hundred years, the Empire swelled and declined. Islamic, martial, civilized, and tolerant, in three centuries it advanced from the dusty foothills of Anatolia to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Topkapi Palace Museum Guide
by Ulker, Mustafa Birol [ed]
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- First Thus.
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- 2009
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- 9789750076244
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Istanbul: BKG/ Bilkent Kultur Girisimi, 2009 Book. As New. French Wraps. First Thus.. Spectacularly illustrated official guidebook to the Topkapi Palace and its contents. 196p. illus map.. Item Price
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Journey to Kars : A Modern Traveller in the Ottoman Lands
by Glazebrook,Philip
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- 1984
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- 9780030056079
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New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1984 Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. For Victorian travellers a trip to Turkey was a leap into the dark of Islam. Fascinated by their accounts of the far-flung, down-at-heel Ottoman Empire, novelist and traveller Philip Glazebrook followed in their footsteps. His destination was Kars, the city within view of Mount Ararat where the Ark… Read more about this item Item Price
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Topkapi = Muthaf QasrTubkabi [Topkapi Palace Museum]
by Yapi-Kredi Bank
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- 1982
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Istanbul: Yapi-Kredi Bank, 1982 Book. Illus. by Photographs by Sami Guner . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. "This book has been prepared in the context of cultural activity of the Yapi-Kredi Bank for the occasion of the sixth annual meeting of the Devlopment Bank of Islam to be held in Istanbul." It begins with essays in English by various authors… Read more about this item Item Price
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Journey to Kars : A Modern Traveller in the Ottoman Lands
by Glazebrook,Philip
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- 1984
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- 9780140095333
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London: Penguin, 1984 Book. Near Fine. Pbk.. For Victorian travellers a trip to Turkey was a leap into the dark of Islam. Fascinated by their accounts of the far-flung, down-at-heel Ottoman Empire, novelist and traveller Philip Glazebrook followed in their footsteps. His destination was Kars, the city within view of Mount Ararat where the Ark was stranded. Through the old… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600
by Inalcik, Halil
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- 2001
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- 9781842124420
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London: Phoenix, 2001 Book. Fine. Soft cover. A preeminent scholar of Turkish history vividly portrays 300 years of this distinctively Eastern culture as it grew from a military principality to the world's most powerful Islamic state. He paints a striking picture of the prominence of religion and warfare in everyday life, as well as the traditions of statecraft, administration, social… Read more about this item Item Price
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Constantinople
by Young,George
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- Fine
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- Facsimile Reprint
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9781566190848
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New York: Barnes & Noble, 1992 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint. Facsimile of the edition first published by Methuen, London 1926) 310p. index. Name of previous owner on ffep. else as new.. Item Price
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Sultans in Splendour : The Last Years of the Ottoman World
by Mansel, Philip
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- Very Good
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- 1st UK Edition.
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780233983394
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1988 Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. Large format book. Sultans, Shahs, Khedives, Pashas - and their Harems - described with lavish illustrations of the people, places and possessions from 1869 though the later years of the Ottoman Empire. 192p. bibliography. index. Text crisp and neat. usual library marks, laminated SDH . Item Price
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The Balkans
by Mazower,Mark
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- 1st UK Ed..
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
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- 9780297643999
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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson., 2000 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed... "At the end of the twentieth century people spoke as if the Balkans had plagued Europe forever." "Mark Mazower dispels current Western cliches and replaces stereotypes with an account of how mountains, empires and religions have shaped their inhabitants' lives. As a bridge between Europe and Asia the Balkans… Read more about this item Item Price
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