Books by Cornell Fleischer
“This is one of the most accomplished books ever written about the Ottoman Empire. It revolves around the life of an ambitious, interesting character. Mustafa Ali was born in 1541. He grew up, went to school and got his first position as secretary to an Ottoman prince during the reign of Süleyman. He was 25 when Süleyman died…This is a meticulously researched and beautifully written biography of a prolific intellectual from the second half of the 16th century, but also a terrific study about how Süleyman’s ideals and Süleyman’s legacy were seen and interpreted during his life and shortly after” Read more...
The best books on Sultan Süleyman
Kaya Şahin, Historian
Interviews where books by Cornell Fleischer were recommended
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Suleymanname: The Illustrated History of Suleyman the Magnificent
by Esin Atil (editor) -
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The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire
by Gülru Necipoglu -
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Bureaucrat and Intellectual in the Ottoman Empire: The Historian Mustafa Ali
by Cornell Fleischer -
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Empress of the East: How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
by Leslie Peirce -
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Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions that Forged Modern Europe
by John Julius Norwich
The best books on Sultan Süleyman, recommended by Kaya Şahin
The best books on Sultan Süleyman, recommended by Kaya Şahin
The Ottoman ruler Süleyman was one of the most powerful men in early modern Europe and highly adept at building his reputation for posterity. In European languages, he is still often graced with the epithet ‘the Magnificent.’ The reality was much more mixed, as a new biography of Süleyman shows. Historian Kaya Şahin talks us through books to better understand Sultan Süleyman and the world he lived in.
