Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1923 by Caroline Finkel

Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1923

Caroline Finkel

674 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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The Ottoman chronicles recount that the first sultan, Osman, dreamt of the dynasty he would found -- a tree, fully-formed, emerged from his navel, symbolising the vigour of his successors and the extent of their domains. This is the first book to ...

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