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Harem Ghosts - What One Cemetery Can Tell Us about the Ottoman Empire (Paperback)
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Harem Ghosts - What One Cemetery Can Tell Us about the Ottoman Empire (Paperback)
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In vivid and engaging style, Douglas Brookes uses the royal tomb of
Sultan Mahmud II as a window onto the past, exploring the insights
the tomb reveals about Ottoman culture in its splendid last
decades. Woven into the tale are the life stories of the Turkish
royals and harem concubines interred in the mausoleum, and the
illustrious Ottomans buried in the tomb's garden: the statesmen,
admirals, generals, and palace eunuchs who ran the Ottoman Empire,
but also the musicians, artists, and poets who shaped its cultural
life. The first in-depth study of Istanbul's most prestigious
burial ground, Harem Ghosts leads the reader through the enchanting
site that began as the tomb for one monarch but evolved into the
national pantheon of the Ottoman Empire - "the Ottoman Westminster
Abbey" - at the heart of the city.
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