God's shadow

: The Ottoman sultan who shaped the modern world

by Alan Mikhail

3rd June, 2021

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A Times Literary Supplement and History Today Book of the Year

'An astonishing and thrilling story.' Stephen Greenblatt

The Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervour, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470-1520).

Alan Mikhail centres Selim's Ottoman Empire and Islam as the very pivots of global history, redefining such world-changing events as Christopher Columbus's voyages, the Protestant Reformation, and the transatlantic slave trade. Mikhail's ground-breaking account vividly recaptures Selim's life, radically reshaping our understanding of a world we thought we knew.

A leading historian of his generation, ALAN MIKHAIL, professor of history and chair of the Department of History at Yale University, has reforged our understandings of the past through his previous three prize-winning books on the history of Middle East. In writing God's Shadow, he has drawn on Ottoman Turkish, modern Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, and French sources.

Details & Specs

Author: Alan Mikhail

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780571331949

Publication Date: 3rd June, 2021

Pages: 576

Dimensions: 195 x 125 x 20 mm

Availability: Available, usually dispatched within 4 days

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