| #4016173 in Books | 2001-02-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.76 x.97 x7.01l,1.90 | File type: PDF | 220 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Sultans and Sultanas|By Chris Coburg|This book is entirely concerned with the Topkapi Seraglio. Emphasis is placed on the architecture of the harem and its gardens. Goodwin's prose style is lively and relatively modern, avoiding the heteronormative values we have seen in other books which deal with the harem's occupants, chiefly the eunuchs. He describes the lives of the sul||
Goodwin [has done] so much in his scholarly career to introduce a wide audience to Ottoman culture. Thanks to his books, many visitors to Turkey have found their way to obscure mosques and bath-houses. Financial Times |
This guide to the palace of the Ottoman sultans in Istanbul takes the reader through all the rooms and gardens that are open to the public--and some that are not. It records the changes that the buildings have suffered through fire, earthquakes and the endless fight for space. Treasures, kaftans and furnishings are discussed as is food and drink. Above all, the book is about the thousands who lived in the saray and what they did and feared and saw, whether th...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Topkapi Palace | Godfrey Goodwin. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
