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The Ottoman centuries : the rise and fall of the Turkish empire by John Patrick Douglas Balfour; Lord Kinross is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>The Ottoman Empire began in 1300 under the almost legendary Osman I, reached its apogee in the sixteenth century under Suleiman the Magnificent, whose forces threatened the gates of Vienna, and gradually diminished thereafter until Mehmed VI was sent into exile by Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk).</p> <p>In this definitive history of the Ottoman Empire, Lord Kinross, painstaking historian and superb writer, never loses sight of the larger issues, economic, political, and social. At the same time he delineates his characters with obvious zest, displaying them in all their extravagance, audacity and, sometimes, ruthlessness.</p>

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
John Patrick Douglas Balfour; Lord Kinross
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Published
1979
Language
EN
ISBN
9780688080938
Category
history
Subjects
Fiction, History, Humanities
Rating
4 / 5 (595 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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