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ATATURK
This biography of Atatürk aims to strip away the myth to show the complexities of the man beneath. Born plain Mustafa in Ottoman Salonica in 1881, he trained as an army officer but was virtually unknown until 1919, when he took the lead in thwarting the victorious Allies’ plan to partition the Turkish core of the Ottoman Empire. He divided the Allies, defeated the last Sultan and secured the territory of the Turkish national state, becoming the first president of the new republic in 1923. He imposed coherence, order and mordernity and in the process, created his own legend and his own cult.
ISBN: 9780719565922
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
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Author: ANDREW MANGO -
OSMAN’S DREAM
The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and most influential empires in world history. Its reach extended to three continents and it survived for more than six centuries, but its history is too often colored by the memory of its bloody final throes on the battlefields of World War I. In this magisterial work-the first definitive account written for the general reader-renowned scholar and journalist Caroline Finkel lucidly recounts the epic story of the Ottoman Empire from its origins in the thirteenth century through its destruction in the twentieth.
ISBN: 9780465023974
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
Subtitle: THE HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Author: CAROLINE FINKEL -
TRAVELLERS IN THE GOLDEN REALM
This is a remarkable book. It combines a spellbinding account of the first forgotten half of the English encounter with India with a fascinating history of the Mughal Empire JOSEPHINE QUINN, author of How the World Made the West
A compelling, highly readable account of the earliest phase of English presence in India NANDINI DAS, author of Courting India
When the first English travellers in India encountered an unimaginable superpower, their meetings would change the world.
Before the East India Company and before the British Empire, England was a pariah state. Seeking better fortunes, 16th and 17th century merchants, pilgrims and outcasts ventured to the kingdom of the mighty Mughals, attempting to sell coarse woollen broadcloth along the silk roads; playing courtiers in the Mughal palaces in pursuit of love; or simply touring the sub-continent in search of an elephant to ride.
Into this golden realm went Father Thomas Stephens, a Catholic fleeing his home; the merchant Ralph Fitch looking for jewels in the markets of Delhi; and John Mildenhall, an adventurer revelling in the highwire politics of the Mughal elite. It was a land ruled from the palatial towers by women – the formidable Empress Nur Jahan Begim, the enterprising Queen Mother Maryam al-Zamani, and the intrepid Princess Jahanara Begim. Their collision of worlds helped connect East and West, launching a tempestuous period of globalisation spanning from the Chinese opium trade to the slave trade in the Americas.
Drawing on rich, original sources, Lubaaba Al-Azami traces the origins of a relationship between two nations – one outsider and one superpower – whose cultures remain inextricably linked to this day.
ISBN: 9781529371321
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
Subtitle: HOW MUGHAL INDIA CONNECTED ENGLAND TO THE WORLD
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THE GREAT GAME: ON SECRET SERVICE IN HIGH ASIA.
For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it ‘The Great Game’, a phrase immortalized by Kipling. When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of India. This classic book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers, both British and Russian, who risked their lives playing it. Disguised as holy men or native horse-traders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence and sought the allegiance of powerful khans. Some never returned. The violent repercussions of the Great Game are still convulsing Central Asia today.
ISBN: 9780719564475
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
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Author: PETER HOPKIRK -
DUEL IN THE SNOWS
In December 1903 a British army marched over the Himalayas to counter a non-existent Russian threat and was confronted by a medieval Tibetan army ordered to stop it by non-violent means. It was a clash between the mightiest political power in the world and the weakest: a land of mystery locked behind the most formidable natural barriers on earth and governed by a reincarnate lama. Leading what was supposed to be a peaceful political mission was the charismatic Francis Younghusband. At his side, a group of young officers who were as eager as he to be the first Europeans in almost a century to reach Lhasa: to gaze, as one of their number put it, ‘with awe upon the temples and palaces of the long-sealed Forbidden City’. But commanding the army escort was an officer determined to do things by the book: General James Macdonald, known to his troops as ‘Retiring Mac’. The result was conflict at every level, with a tragic outcome that both enthralled and shocked the outside world. Drawing on diaries, letters and unpublished first-hand accounts, Charles Allen overturns this accepted view, presenting the real story of what became known to history as the Younghusband Mission. In doing so, he reveals not only the true character of one of Britain’s great imperial heroes but also the calamitous outcome for the Tibetan people of Britain’s last attempt at empire-building.
ISBN: 0719554276
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
Subtitle: THE TRUE STORY OF THE YOUNGHUSBAND MISSION TO LHASA
Author: CHARLES ALLEN -
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GCSE MODERN WORLD HISTORY
ISBN: 0719577136
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
Subtitle: 2ND ED
Author: BEN WALSH -
EMPIRES OF THE INDUS
The Indus rises in Tibet, flows west across India, and south through Pakistan. For millennia it has been worshipped as a god; for centuries used as a tool of imperial expansion. Following the river upstream and back in time, Empires of the Indus takes the reader on a voyage through two thousand miles of geography and more than five thousand years of history.
ISBN: 9781473691957
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
Subtitle: THE STORY OF A RIVER
Author: ALICE ALBINIA -
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BLACK BOX THINKING
ISBN: 9781473613782
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
Subtitle: THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT SUCCESS
Author: MATTHEW SYED -
THE ONE THING: THE SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE TRUTH BEHIND EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS
ISBN: 9781848549258
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
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Author: GARY KELLER WITH JAY PAPASAN -
OSMAN’S DREAM
The Ottoman chronicles recount that the first sultan, Osman, dreamt of the dynasty he would found – a tree, fully-formed, emerged from his navel, symbolising the vigour of his successors and the extent of their domains.
This is the first book to tell the full story of the Ottoman dynasty that for six centuries held sway over territories stretching, at their greatest, from Hungary to the Persian Gulf, and from North Africa to the Caucasus.
Understanding the realization of Osman’s vision is essential for anyone who seeks to understand the modern world.
ISBN: 9780719561122
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
Subtitle: THE STORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1300-1923
Author: COROLINE FINKEL -
THINKING THROUGH SCIENCE 1
ISBN: 0719578515
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
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Author: ARTHUR CHENEY -
CORE MATHEMATICS FOR IGCSE
ISBN: 0719574951
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
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Author: RIC PIMENTEL -
GCSE GEOGRAPHY IN FOCUS
ISBN: 0719575583
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
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Author: JOHN WIDDOWSON -
ISLAM: THE VOICE OF HUMAN NATURE
ISBN: 8187570296
Publisher: JOHN MURRAY
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Author: ADAM COLEMAN -