Osman's dream : the story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923

Summary: The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and most influential empires in world history. Its reach extended to three continents and it survived for more than six centuries, but its history is too often colored by the memory of its bloody final throes on the battlefields of World War I. In this magisterial work-the first definitive account written for the general reader-renowned scholar and journalist Caroline Finkel lucidly recounts the epic story of the Ottoman Empire from its origins in the thirteenth century through its destruction in the twentieth.

Record details

ISBN: 9780465023974 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0465023975 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xix, 660 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations , maps, portraits ; 25 cm
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Publisher: New York, New York : Basic Books, 2007.
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: London : John Murray Publishers, 2005.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 610-641) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Note on spelling, names, maps and quotations -- Guide to Ottoman titles -- Maps -- First among equals -- Dynasty divided -- Imperial vision -- Sultan of the faithful -- Possessor of the kingdoms of the world -- Sedentary sultan -- Government by faction -- Revenge of the pasha -- Rule of the grandees -- Empire unravels -- Perils of insouciance -- Power of the provinces -- From the 'new order' to the 're-ordering' -- Crisis of identity -- Islamic empire -- Storm before the calm -- Sultans of the Ottoman Empire -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.