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God's Shadow: The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World
The Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470-1520), who,...
The Great Siege
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the scorching summer of 1565, a small Mediterranean island became the fulcrum upon which the fate of Christian Europe...
An Ottoman Traveller
'Evliya Celebi was the widest-eyed, most intensely curious ... and prolific travel writer the Ottoman world ever produced. A learned and perceptive gentleman-observer from courtly Istanbul at the height of...
Gallipoli: The Classic Account Of The Dardanelles Campaign With A New Introduction By The Author
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most catastrophic and haunting military operations of the First World War, Allied forces were...
Sinai 1916-17: The Fight for the Suez Canal
A fascinating dive into the overlooked fight between the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force and the Ottoman Empire for control of the Suez Canal. The Battle of Romani was fought...
ANZAC Soldier vs Ottoman Soldier: Gallipoli and Palestine 1915-18
In 1915-18, ANZAC and Ottoman soldiers clashed on numerous battlefields, from Gallipoli to Jerusalem. This illustrated study investigates the two sides' fighting men. The Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 pitched the...
Nations in Arms: Five Armies That Made Europe
"An engrossing study." Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year 2025 A critical study of five historical armies that offers solutions for how contemporary forces need to change to deal...
Nations in Arms: Five Armies That Made Europe
"An engrossing study." Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year 2025 A critical study of five historical armies that offers solutions for how contemporary forces need to change to deal...
A History of the Middle East: 4th Edition
An updated edition of this landmark history, with brand new and up-to-date material. Over the centuries the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. This now-classic...
The Siege Of Malta 1565
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the scorching summer of 1565, a small island fortress became the stage for one of history's most...
The Great Siege, Malta 1565: Clash of Cultures: Christian Knights
The indispensable account of the Ottoman Empire's Siege of Malta from the author of Hannibal and Gibraltar . In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was...
Victory of the West: The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of
When the heavily manned fleet of the Ottoman Empire met the ships of a fragile coalition of Christian European states in 1571, the waters off the coast of Greece, they...
Gallipoli: The Dardanelles Disaster in Soldiers' Words and Photographs
Presenting more than 150 never-before-published photographs of the campaign, many taken by the soldiers themselves, together with unpublished written material from British, Anzac, French and Turkish, including eyewitness accounts of...
Cairo 1921: Ten Days that Made the Middle East
The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East Called by Winston Churchill in 1921, the Cairo Conference set out...
Revolt In The Desert
$45.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the vast, shimmering wilderness of the Arabian Peninsula during...
Atlas Of The Islamic World Since 1500
$40.00 AUD
Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the sacred courtyard of Mecca to the far reaches of the Indonesian archipelago, Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500 presents...
Harem: The World Behind the Veil
"I was born in a konak (old house), which once was the harem of a pasha," writes Alev Lytle Croutier. "People around me often whispered things about harems; my own...
The Antiquities Of Constantinople
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew cities have captivated the scholarly imagination quite like Constantinople, and Pierre Gilles — a sixteenth-century French...
Sword and Scimitar
1565; In its hour of greatest need, Malta must rely upon the ancient Knights of the Order of St John for survival. Bound by the strongest ties: of valour, of...
Nights of Plague: 'A masterpiece of evocation' Sunday Times
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'Orhan Pamuk is the sort of writer for whom the Nobel Prize was invented.' Daily Telegraph 'Pamuk is the real thing.' Observer ' One of the world's finest living writers.'...
My Name Is Red: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
In the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day -...
Black Book
The Black Book is Orhan Pamuk's tour de force, a stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture which confirmed his reputation as a writer of international stature. Richly atmospheric...
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway
$12.00 AUD
Thirty years after the epic journey chronicled in his classic work The Great Railway Bazaar, the world's most acclaimed travel writer re-creates his 25,000-mile journey through eastern Europe, central Asia,...
To The City: Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul
'An enthralling guide to one of the world's great cities - that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the politics...
Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean - shortlisted for
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 "A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian "Poetic...Compelling" -- New Statesman One of National Geographic 's...
The Immortal Emperor: The Life and Legend of Constantine Palaiologos,
Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last Christian Emperor of Constantinople and Byzantium. In 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, he was last seen fighting at the city walls,...
An Illustrated History of the First World War
$25.00 AUD
John Keegan's The First World War was everywhere praised, and became the definitive account of the war that created the modern world. The New York Times Book Review acclaimed Keegan...
A 'Duty Clear Before Us': North Beach And The Sari Bair Range, Gallipoli Peninsula, 25 April-20 December 1915
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew campaigns in modern warfare have burned themselves into a nation's consciousness as completely as the...
Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories from the Eastern Mediterranean
A Finalist for the 2022 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award (International) Shortlisted for the Andre Simon Award Longlisted for the 2022 Art of Eating Prize A New York Times Best...
Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of Cyprus - shortlisted for the London
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025 "A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian One of National Geographic 's Summer Reads 2024...
Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of Cyprus - shortlisted for the London
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025 "A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian One of National Geographic 's Summer Reads 2024...
The Balkans
At the end of the twentieth century people spoke as if the Balkans had plagued Europe forever. But two hundred years earlier, the Balkans did not exist. It was not...
Modern Turkey
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the ashes of the Ottoman Empire rose a republic unlike any other — Modern Turkey by Geoffrey Lewis is an authoritative and incisive...
The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2, 000 Years
$20.00 AUD
As the birthplace of three religions as and many civilizations, the Middle East has for centuries been a center of knowledge and ideas, of techniques and commodities, and, at times,...
Byron's Greece
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew poets have left as indelible a mark upon a landscape as Lord Byron did upon Greece, and...
Modern Greece: A Short History
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the embers of the Byzantine...
The Sick Man Of Europe: Ottoman Empire To Turkish Republic 1789-1923
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsAt the crossroads of empires and civilisations, the Ottoman state—once the mightiest power in the known world—spent its...
Historical Atlas of the Islamic World
This work provides a comprehensive description of Islam's long and dynamic history. It provides a survey of the history of the Islamic world and of Islamic civilization from the time...
Damn The Dardanelles!: The Story Of Gallipoli
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn one of the most catastrophic and controversial campaigns of the First World War, Allied forces were hurled against the rocky shores of the...
Alexandria: A History And A Guide
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew cities have captured the imagination of Western writers and historians quite like Alexandria — and few guides...
The Ottoman City Between East And West: Aleppo, Izmir, And Istanbul
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the crossroads of empire and commerce, The Ottoman City between East and West: Aleppo, Izmir, and Istanbul presents a groundbreaking comparative study of three of...
Lawrence And The Arabs
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedOne of the most extraordinary partnerships in modern military history comes to life in Lawrence and the Arabs, Robert Graves's authoritative account of T.E. Lawrence —...
The Emergence Of Modern Turkey
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew works of modern historical scholarship have reshaped our understanding of a nation as profoundly as...
Cairo: City Of History
$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew cities on earth carry the weight of millennia as Cairo does — a metropolis where pharaonic grandeur, Islamic splendour, and colonial ambition have all...
The Minarets of Cairo: Islamic Architecture from the Arab Conquest to
Minarets have defined Cairo's skyline since its early history: they are one of the most characteristic features of Islamic architecture. In Egypt, where civilizations have manifested themselves through awe-inspiring structures...
Egypt in the Reign of Muhammad Ali
This account of Egyptian society in the reign of Muhammad Ali traces the beginnings of the nation state in Egypt. It considers Muhammad Ali as part of a social group...
Mehmed Ali: From Ottoman Governor to Ruler of Egypt
Kavalali Mehmed Ali Pasha (c. 1770-1849), often dubbed "the founder of modern Egypt", was one of the most important figures in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Born in what...
Confrontation at Lepanto
Like an angry lion, the Turkish menace growled at the frontiers of Europe. In 1453, the last remnant of the mighty Roman Empire was obliterated when Turkish forces overran Constantinople....