Books by Alev Scott
Ottoman Odyssey: Travels through a Lost Empire
by Alev Scott
“The Ottoman Empire is bizarrely overlooked in the West, despite the fact that it lasted more than 600 years and stretched from the gates of Vienna to Mecca at its height, with Istanbul as its capital. Millions of Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together in relative harmony, in regions now racked by conflict. These are the books I read as I travelled around the ex-empire, looking at how the region has changed since its collapse in 1923. My resulting travelogue, Ottoman Odyssey: Travels Through a Lost Empire, was inspired by a mixture of historical fiction, contemporary letters and personal stories as well as my journey.”
Interviews with Alev Scott
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Birds Without Wings
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Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950
by Mark Mazower -
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The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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Twice a Stranger: The Mass Expulsions That Forged Modern Greece and Turkey
by Bruce Clark -
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The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić
Books on the Ottoman Empire, recommended by Alev Scott
Books on the Ottoman Empire, recommended by Alev Scott
The Ottoman Empire rose to prominence towards the end of the medieval period, stunning the world with its rapid expansion and causing the collapse of the Byzantine Empire with its conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It would carry on being a major player in the world until the end of World War I. Here journalist Alev Scott, author of the very wistful travelogue, Ottoman Odyssey, recommends books that help bring alive an empire that was multicultural and multireligious, and whose legacy can still be felt around the Balkans, the Middle East and parts of Africa.
Interviews where books by Alev Scott were recommended
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Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli's Lifelong Quest for Freedom
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Talk on the Wild Side: The Untameable Nature of Language
by Lane Greene -
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Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas
by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough -
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Haig's Enemy: Crown Prince Rupprecht and Germany's War on the Western Front
by Jonathan Boff -
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Ottoman Odyssey: Travels through a Lost Empire
by Alev Scott
Editors’ Picks: Favourite Nonfiction of 2018, recommended by Sophie Roell
Editors’ Picks: Favourite Nonfiction of 2018, recommended by Sophie Roell
Journalist and Five Books editor Sophie Roell looks back on her favourite nonfiction books read this year.
