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"From the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul, a colorful, magical tale set during the height of the Ottoman Empire In her latest novel, Turkey's preeminent female writer spins an epic tale spanning nearly a century in the life of the Ottoman Empire. In 1540, twelve-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan's menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for) the sultan's...
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"From the palace cloisters of Istanbul to the blood-soaked fields of central Europe to the sun-scorched coast of north Africa, The Lion House pioneers a bold new style of eyewitness history to tell the true story of Suleyman the Magnificent, whose sixteenth-century reign over the Ottoman Empire saw power at its most glittering, personal, and deadly"--
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"John Julius Norwich--who the Wall Street Journal called "the very model of a popular historian"--has crafted a big, bold tapestry of the early sixteenth century, when Europe and the Middle East were overshadowed by a quartet of legendary rulers, all born within a ten-year period: Francis I of France, the personification of the Renaissance, who became a highly influential patron of the arts and education. Henry VIII, who was not expected to inherit...
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"The extraordinary story of the Russian slave girl Roxelana, who rose from the role of concubine to become the only queen in Ottoman history. In Empress of the East, historian Leslie Peirce tells the remarkable story of a Christian slave girl, Roxelana, who was abducted by warriors at age twelve from her Ruthenian homeland, and brought to the harem of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent in Constantinople. Suleiman became besotted with her, and forsook...
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"A USA TODAY Best seller! Four hundred years before Oskar Schindler there was Suleiman the Magnificent, an Ottoman sultan who rescued thousands of Jews from the fires of the Inquisition. Inspired by this amazing and little-known moment in history, Nicole Dweck has imagined an enchanting family saga where the kindness of one man is repaid generations later. It's 1544, and young José Mendez and his family escape the Inquisition in Portugal with the...
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In Warriors of God and Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., brought two epochal events in the struggle between Islam and Christendom to readers eager to understand the roots of the present-day conflict. With his unwavering eye for detail, Reston now weaves a captivating narrative that examines a pivotal period in that centuries- long war, which found Europe at its most vulnerable and Islam on the attack. This saga of colliding worlds is propelled by two...
17) Uczeń architekta
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"From the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul, a colorful, magical tale set during the height of the Ottoman Empire In her latest novel, Turkey's preeminent female writer spins an epic tale spanning nearly a century in the life of the Ottoman Empire. In 1540, twelve-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan's menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for) the sultan's...
18) Cień sułtana
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Seria Sułtańska volume 1
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"Jednym z najbardziej znanych przywódców Imperium Osmańskiego jest sułtan Sulejman Wspaniały. W 1566 roku wyrusza on na kolejną wojnę skierowaną przeciw dynastii Habsburgów. Zbliżający się triumf ma stać się klejnotem koronnym na tle jego poprzednich zwycięstw i ostatecznie udowodnić potęgę państwa Osmańskiego nad królestwami europejskimi. W pewnym momencie niezwyciężony władca napotyka opór, a wydarzenia nie przebiegają...
19) Krwawe morze
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Seria Sułtańska volume tom 2
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"Parne lato 1571 roku. Oblężenie weneckiej twierdzy Famagusta przez wojska osmańskie trwa już prawie rok. Za murami szerzy się głód i epidemia, ludzie są na skraju szaleństwa. Dowódca twierdzy Marco Antonio Bragadin wydaje rozkaz kapitulacji. Tymczasem w Stambule wrze. Coraz trudniej ukryć nieudolność sułtana i jego świty. Mehmed Pasza Sokollu po raz pierwszy staje do walki z wrogiem, którego nie zna i nie rozumie. Rozpoczyna się...
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