The golden throne : the curse of a king
De Bellaigue, Christopher, 1971-2025
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Istanbul, 1538. The greatest of the Ottoman Sultans is at the pinnacle of world power, while his family and future are at the mercy of their own dynastic law: whichever of his five sons succeeds him must eventually kill all the others. So why not get a head start? For the next fifteen years, as Suleyman the Magnificent and his terrifying pirate captain Barbarossa face down imperial enemies across two hemispheres, the self-fulfilling curse of the Ottomans gathers its own unstoppable momentum. From the burning pyres of Paris to the rain-lashed mountains of Transylvania, from Buda to Basra, from Crimea to the coast of India, The Golden Throne is an intensely gripping yet entirely historical reconstruction of the life and world of the most feared and powerful man of the sixteenth century, revealing the price of succession and the terrible cost of success.
Main title:
The golden throne : the curse of a king / Christopher de Bellaigue.
Author:
De Bellaigue, Christopher, 1971-, author
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2025.©2025
Collation:
xv, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847927439 (paperback)
Dewey class:
956.10154
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
478837