# Lords of the Horizons

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- Book: [Lords of the Horizons](https://www.bookquiver.com/jason-goodwin/lords-of-the-horizons) ([Lords of the Horizons.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jason-goodwin/lords-of-the-horizons.md))
- Authors: [Jason Goodwin](https://www.bookquiver.com/jason-goodwin)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9999-400-8
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2008-12-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

‘Perhaps the most readable history ever written’ Time Out Lords of the Horizons charts the Ottoman Empire's swirling epic history; dramatic — detailed and alive — a journey, and a world all in one. The Ottoman Empire has long exerted a strong pull on Western minds and hearts. For over six hundred years the Empire swelled and declined; rising from a dusty fiefdom in the foothills of Anatolia to a power which ruled over the Danube and the Euphrates with the richest court in Europe. But its decline was prodigious, protracted, and total. ‘A fascinating read... a perfect companion for anyone who visits Turkey and wants to make sense of it’ The Times