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Book SynopsisFrom the bestselling historian Norman Stone, whose work has been described by Andrew Roberts as âstunning â no one else quite writes history like he doesâ.
Trade Review'A fanfare for modern Turkey and a vivid, provocative, often funny, always insightful account of how it came about … If you really don’t know why a portrait of Ataturk hangs in almost every shop in Turkey, read this book' - Guardian
'Arresting … Stone’s Turkey breaks the popular mould and introduces its readers to a place beyond their presumptions' - Sunday Times
'Absolutely splendid … pithy, straightforward, superbly argued' - Country Life
'Constantly exhilarating …. However many histories of Turkey you have read, you will never have read one as incisive, combative and sure-footed as this one' - Cornucopia
Table of ContentsPrelude; 1. Origins; 2. World Empire; 3. Zenith; 4. Shadows; 5. The Eighteenth Century; 6. The Long Defensive; 7. End of Empire; 8. Crash; Epilogue
