Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire by Caroline Finkel

Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

Caroline Finkel

704 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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According to the Ottoman chronicles, the first sultan, Osman, had a dream in which a tree emerged fully formed from his navel "and its shade compassed the world"-symbolizing the vast empire he and his descendants were destined to forge. His vision...

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