
This book provides an introductory survey of Ottoman history from earliest times to the end of the Empire, written with full scholarly authority for students and non-specialists. Though it offers a broad account of events, it is not primarily a political narrative of the Ottoman...

Justin McCarthy's introductory survey traces the whole history of the Ottoman Turks from their obscure beginnings in central Asia, through the establishment and rise of the Ottoman Empire to its collapse after World War One under the pressures of nationalism. Vividly illustrated...
