Books by Mark Mazower
“This is an evocative history of one of the most vibrant cities of the Ottoman Empire; Salonica was the Jewish capital of the empire (its lingua franca until the early 20th century was Ladino, the native tongue of the Sephardic Jews) and by far the most important and cosmopolitan city in Greece for hundreds of years under Ottoman rule. An excellent city-biography.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Mark Mazower were recommended
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Birds Without Wings
by Louis de Bernières -
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Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950
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The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
by Mary Montagu & Robert Halsband (editor) -
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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.
