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A superb account of the 1860 Damascus massacresmuch neglected nowadays but central to the creation of the modern Middle East' - Simon Sebag Montefiore

A stunning portrait of the Ottoman Empire and of Damascus during a time of crisis. Absolutely riveting' - Peter Frankopan

An accessible, enlightening and ultimately surprising account of an episode of which most western readers will be unaware' - Christopher de Bellaigue

This remarkable book recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East: the ferocious outbreaks of disorder across the Levant in 1860 which resulted in the massacre of thousands of Christians in Damascus.

Eugene Rogan brilliantly recreates the lost world of the Middle East under Ottoman rule. The once mighty empire was under pressure from global economic change and European imperial expansion. Reforms in the mid-nineteenth century raised tensions across the empire, nowhere more so than in D

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 01/02/2024
    ISBN13: 9780241646908, 978-0241646908
    ISBN10: 241646901

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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    A superb account of the 1860 Damascus massacresmuch neglected nowadays but central to the creation of the modern Middle East' - Simon Sebag Montefiore

    A stunning portrait of the Ottoman Empire and of Damascus during a time of crisis. Absolutely riveting' - Peter Frankopan

    An accessible, enlightening and ultimately surprising account of an episode of which most western readers will be unaware' - Christopher de Bellaigue

    This remarkable book recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East: the ferocious outbreaks of disorder across the Levant in 1860 which resulted in the massacre of thousands of Christians in Damascus.

    Eugene Rogan brilliantly recreates the lost world of the Middle East under Ottoman rule. The once mighty empire was under pressure from global economic change and European imperial expansion. Reforms in the mid-nineteenth century raised tensions across the empire, nowhere more so than in D

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