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The Lion House (eBook, ePUB)
~EN NWISBN: 9780374720452 bzw. 0374720452, vermutlich in Englisch, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, neu.
Lieferung aus: Österreich, zzgl. Versandkosten.
"Christopher de Bellaigue has a magic talent for writing history. It is as if we are there as the era of Suleyman the Magnificent unfolds." -Orhan Pamuk, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Narrated through the eyes of the intimates of Suleyman the Magnificent, the sixteenth-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire, The Lion House animates with stunning immediacy the fears and stratagems of those brought into orbit around him: the Greek slave who becomes his Grand Vizier, the Venetian jewel dealer who acts as his go-between, the Russian consort who becomes his most beloved wife.Within a decade and a half, Suleyman held dominion over twenty-five million souls, from Baghdad to the walls of Vienna, and with the help of his brilliant pirate commander Barbarossa placed more Christians than ever before or since under Muslim rule. And yet the real drama takes place in close-up: in small rooms and whispered conversations, behind the curtain of power, where the sultan sleeps head to toe with his best friend and eats from wooden spoons with his baby boy.In The Lion House, Christopher de Bellaigue tells not just the story of rival superpowers in an existential duel, nor of one of the most consequential lives in human history, but of what it means to live in a time when a few men get to decide the fate of the world.
"Christopher de Bellaigue has a magic talent for writing history. It is as if we are there as the era of Suleyman the Magnificent unfolds." -Orhan Pamuk, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Narrated through the eyes of the intimates of Suleyman the Magnificent, the sixteenth-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire, The Lion House animates with stunning immediacy the fears and stratagems of those brought into orbit around him: the Greek slave who becomes his Grand Vizier, the Venetian jewel dealer who acts as his go-between, the Russian consort who becomes his most beloved wife.Within a decade and a half, Suleyman held dominion over twenty-five million souls, from Baghdad to the walls of Vienna, and with the help of his brilliant pirate commander Barbarossa placed more Christians than ever before or since under Muslim rule. And yet the real drama takes place in close-up: in small rooms and whispered conversations, behind the curtain of power, where the sultan sleeps head to toe with his best friend and eats from wooden spoons with his baby boy.In The Lion House, Christopher de Bellaigue tells not just the story of rival superpowers in an existential duel, nor of one of the most consequential lives in human history, but of what it means to live in a time when a few men get to decide the fate of the world.
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In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran (2006)
EN PB USISBN: 9780060935368 bzw. 0060935367, in Englisch, 304 Seiten, Harper Perennial, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 1-2 business days.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Sierra Nevada Books.
The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil""Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people., Paperback, Ausgabe: Reprint, Label: Harper Perennial, Harper Perennial, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-01-03, Freigegeben: 2006-01-03, Studio: Harper Perennial, Verkaufsrang: 1506750.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Sierra Nevada Books.
The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil""Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people., Paperback, Ausgabe: Reprint, Label: Harper Perennial, Harper Perennial, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-01-03, Freigegeben: 2006-01-03, Studio: Harper Perennial, Verkaufsrang: 1506750.
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In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran (2006)
EN PB USISBN: 9780060935368 bzw. 0060935367, in Englisch, 304 Seiten, Harper Perennial, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 1-2 business days.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lightgate Books ~ since 1976.
The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil""Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people., Paperback, Ausgabe: Reprint, Label: Harper Perennial, Harper Perennial, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-01-03, Freigegeben: 2006-01-03, Studio: Harper Perennial, Verkaufsrang: 1506750.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lightgate Books ~ since 1976.
The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil""Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people., Paperback, Ausgabe: Reprint, Label: Harper Perennial, Harper Perennial, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-01-03, Freigegeben: 2006-01-03, Studio: Harper Perennial, Verkaufsrang: 1506750.
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In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran (2006)
EN PB NWISBN: 9780060935368 bzw. 0060935367, in Englisch, 304 Seiten, Harper Perennial, Taschenbuch, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 1-2 business days.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, big_river_books.
The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil""Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people., Paperback, Ausgabe: Reprint, Label: Harper Perennial, Harper Perennial, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-01-03, Freigegeben: 2006-01-03, Studio: Harper Perennial, Verkaufsrang: 1506750.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, big_river_books.
The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil""Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people., Paperback, Ausgabe: Reprint, Label: Harper Perennial, Harper Perennial, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-01-03, Freigegeben: 2006-01-03, Studio: Harper Perennial, Verkaufsrang: 1506750.
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In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran
EN PB NWISBN: 9780060935368 bzw. 0060935367, in Englisch, HarperCollins Publishers, Taschenbuch, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Lagernd, zzgl. Versandkosten.
In-the-Rose-Garden-of-the-Martyrs~~Christopher-de-Bellaigue, In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran.
In-the-Rose-Garden-of-the-Martyrs~~Christopher-de-Bellaigue, In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran.
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In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: a Memoir of Iran (2006)
EN PB USISBN: 9780060935368 bzw. 0060935367, in Englisch, Harper Perennial, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, zzgl. Versandkosten, Verandgebiet: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Green Earth Books, OR, Portland, [RE:5].
Softcover.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Green Earth Books, OR, Portland, [RE:5].
Softcover.
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