God's Shadow : The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World Paperback / softback
by Alan Mikhail
Paperback / softback
Description
A Times Literary Supplement and History Today Book of the Year'An astonishing and thrilling story.' Stephen GreenblattThe Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervour, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule.
At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470-1520). Alan Mikhail centres Selim's Ottoman Empire and Islam as the very pivots of global history, redefining such world-changing events as Christopher Columbus's voyages, the Protestant Reformation, and the transatlantic slave trade.
Mikhail's ground-breaking account vividly recaptures Selim's life, radically reshaping our understanding of a world we thought we knew.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:496 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:03/06/2021
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- ISBN:9780571331949
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:496 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:03/06/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780571331949