Falconer breathes life into a world of intrigue, sensuality, and violence, where an empire--the Ottoman Empire--can be controlled not by the great sultan, but by the women hidden behind his harem walls.
This gripping novel propels the reader back into the 16th century and the opulence of the empire that ruled the civilised world for several centuries from its Turkish centre. The lives of three people -- the Emperor Suleyman, and two former slaves, his wife Hurrem and his Prime Minister Ibrahim -- become intertwined in a lifetime of passion, ...
Dealing with dervish headcoverings (tac) in the Ottoman Empire and interpreting them in a broad sense, this book is based on a late 18th century treatise of the Naqshbandi scholar Mustaqim-zade Suleyman Sadeddin (d. 1788) from Istanbul. The introduction interprets the meaning of headcoverings in both Ottoman society as well as in a dervish's ...
Binding: Magazine
Publisher: National Geographic
Date Published: 1987
Description: Near Fine. This magazine is in Near Fine condition. Clean, tight, bright. glossy covers, smooth spine. complete but for separate map supplement. articles include: Suleyman the magnificent; New Mexico: between frontier and future; Scorpionfish; danger in disguise; Haiti--against all odds; La Navidad, columbus's lost colony; the Pumphouse gang moves to a new land. Great articles and photos. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Tabard Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780914427308ISBN:091442730X
Description: Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall 0-914427-30-X Trade Collection of art from textiles, carpets, illuminated manuscripts, arms & armour., nice clean text, maps, black & white & colored illustrations, 225pp. w/bibliography. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Date Published: 1987
Description: Very Good. Periodical/Magazine Issue of National Geographic containing an illustrated article on Suleyman the Magnificent & the Ottoman Empire of the 16th. Century. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Date Published: 1987
Description: Very Good. Periodical/Magazine Issue of National Geographic containing an illustrated article on Suleyman the Magnificent & the Ottoman Empire of the 16th. Century. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Date Published: 1987
Description: Very Good. Periodical/Magazine Issue of National Geographic containing an illustrated article on Suleyman the Magnificent & the Ottoman Empire of the 16th. Century. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Franco Maria Ricci Editore
Date Published: 1985
Description: Near Fine. 12 inches, 140 pages, annotated calendar of exhibitions, color reproductions throughout, illustrated card cover, in original mailer. This "most beautiful magazine in the world" is printed on 75-pound matte coated paper, is full of stunning color reproductions, and encased in black cover stock. From the collection of a charter subscriber, we include a copy of an article from The Wall Street Journal when the magazine was launched in the United States in 1984. Cover is very lightly ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Istanbul University
Date Published: 1951
Description: Very Good +++ ART: MONOGRAPH: 7/8 x 11 inches. 28 pages of text plus 6 ornaments in color tipped on. Several black and white illustrations. Text in Turkish with one page in English discussing the Life and Works of Karamemi--the chief book decorator for the palace of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, the ruler of Turkey in the 16th century. Karamemi ornamented and gilded the DIVAN, a collection of poems written by the Sultan. "He was one of the master Turkish decorators whose simple and ... read more
Description: Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. 271pp. Short thick folio, blue cloth, d.w. Washington: National Gallery & Harry Abrams, (1986). First edition. Large ink stamp on fly-leaf and edges from Harry Abrams Editorial Library, else a fine copy in very good(+) dust wrapper. read more
Edition: Nr 21/25
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: Ertug & Kocabiyik
Date Published: 2001
Description: De'Franceschi, Domenico. New- Double Elephant-over 25"-50" tall. A very special reconstruction of a 16th century woodblock print by the Venitian engraver Domenico de'Franceschi (1563)-limited edition of 25 hand colored/illuminated print, presented as a panoramic image of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent going to the Friday prayer. Image: 6, 5 meters (folded)-presented in a luxurious portfolio bound with a Venitian woven Ottoman style red velvet fabric. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Date Published: 1987
Description: Fine. Magazines Fine Magazine, MAP INCLUDED, Vol. 172, No. 5, " Suleyman: the magnificent, New Mexico: Between Frontier and Future, Scorpionfish: Danger in Disguise, Haiti: Against All Odds, La Navidad: Columbus's Lost Colony, The Pumphouse Gang Moves to a new land. " Happy reading! ! ! read more
Publisher: London. IPC Magazines. 14th January 1971.
Description: Original issue of the magazine 'Country Life' for this date, this being the Summer Travel number for that year. Usual 315mmx235mm format. Contents include Adjacent Hunts Re-united: The Garth and South Berkshire by J.N.P. Watson; A Little-known wine region: Franconia, Germany by Edmund Penning-Rowsell; The Royal Academy Winter Exhibition: The Vienna Succession by Christopher Neve; Sinan, Architect to Suleyman the Magnificent by Marcus Binney; Golden Days in the Yukon by George Perry; Castle of ... read more
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