Private and Royal Life in the Ottoman Palace

by İlber Ortaylı

Topkapi Palace was the official and primary residence of the Ottoman sultans for almost four centuries of their 624-year reign. This illustrated guide to Topkapi Palace (the heart of a vast transcontinental empire until the mid-nineteenth century) explores Ottoman history, as it relates to specific sections of the palace. Ortayli, a famed Turkish historian and scholar, introduces the audience to the outer and inner sections of the palace as well as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935295454
• ISBN13: 9781935295457
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Blue Dome Press
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"