Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul by John Freely
Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul

John Freely

Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul

John Freely

384 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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This volume takes us behind the doors of Topkapi Sarayi and the other palaces of the Ottoman sultans who for more than six centuries ruled one of the world's most powerful empires. The heart of the palace was the Harem, the women's quarters, ruled...

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