Transcriber’s note:
Some of the unusual Latin transliterations of Turkish names from Arabic-Persian Alphabet used by the Ottomans have been corrected to be closer to the modern spellings of these names.
THE TURKISH EMPIRE
ITS GROWTH AND DECAY
| BY THE SAME AUTHOR Demy 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d. net. With 4 Maps and 8 Illustrations. The Partitions of Poland (Second Edition) “In this volume Lord Eversley gives us the story of Poland’s tragedy with his usual precision and compression, but adding the special charm of a delightfully fresh, sustained, and vivid handling.” Westminster Gazette. “Thoroughness, dignity, and a calm, even judgment are the conspicuous characteristics of Lord Eversley’s study of the sufferings and wrongs of Poland during the last 150 years.... It was always Lord Eversley’s way to pursue any theme with complete independence of judgment, and an assiduous determination to get back to facts, and this volume is a meritorious example of its author’s industry and intellectual vigour.” Daily Telegraph. London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. |
MAHOMET THE CONQUEROR
From a medallion in the British Museum attributed to the Italian artist Gentile Bellini, who was invited by Mahomet to Constantinople, in 1480, and painted a portrait of him.
The portrait is in the Layard Collection.
THE TURKISH
EMPIRE
ITS GROWTH AND DECAY
BY
LORD EVERSLEY
Author of “The Partitions of Poland,” “Peel and O’Connell”,
“Gladstone and Ireland”
WITH A FRONTISPIECE
AND THREE MAPS
LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN LTD.
ADELPHI TERRACE
First published in 1917
Second Impression 1918
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