{"product_id":"on-the-sultans-service-9780253045508","title":"On the Sultans Service","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen at last we were approaching the Harem, the Sultan, surely quite alarmed, said to me in a low voice (was that so the eunuch walking in front of us wouldn't hear, or because in this lonely and dark passageway he was frightened of his own voice?), Ne olacak? 'What is to become of things?' Translated into English for the first time, this memoir provides fascinating first-hand insight into the personalities, intrigues, and inner workings of the Ottoman palace in its final decades. Written by Halid Ziya Usakligil, who was First Secretary to Sultan Mehmed V and would go on to be one of Turkey's most famous novelists, On the Sultan's Service makes available to English readers the remarkable account of life and work in the Ottoman palace chancery-the public, business side of the palace-in its final incarnation. We learn of the court's new role under this second-to-last Sultan in post-Revolution Turkey. No longer exercising political power, the palace negotiated the minefields between polit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrookes' work offers scholars and students a very readable account of palace life during the reign of Mehmed V, first-hand observations of many interesting historical events, and fascinating insights concerning life in general from one of the greatest Turkish novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jame N Tallon * The Middle Ground Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimeline of Late Ottoman History \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily Tree\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. A New Court for a New Monarch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Redoing the Palaces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. On Show\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The Imperial Household\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Imperial Family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Wedding Vows and Dueling Heirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Papers, Papers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Mysterious Yıldız, Daunting Topkapı\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Coming to Call\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Royal Guests\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. On Holiday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Maneuvering, Touring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. No End to Crises\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Caught in the Vise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Bringing Down the Curtain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. The Man Who Would Be Sultan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary of Names\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary of Terms and Places\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400596037975,"sku":"9780253045508","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253045508.jpg?v=1730471065","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-the-sultans-service-9780253045508","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}