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How Suleiman the Magnificent Created a World Superpower

Learn how Suleiman the Magnificent transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant world superpower, expanding its territory and influence across three continents. This video explores his military ...
Post and Courier

Review: 'Lion House' a vivid and propulsive account of Suleyman the Magnificent

THE LION HOUSE: The Coming of a King. By Christopher de Bellaigue. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 304 pages. $28. Reading this immersive, illuminating history of the Ottoman court of Suleyman the ...
The Economist

In “The Lion House”, Suleiman the Magnificent comes to life

The Lion House. By Christopher de Bellaigue. Vintage; 304 pages; £20. To be published in America by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in November; $28 NOT FOR the first or last time in history, the master of ...
Wall Street Journal

Suleiman The Magnificent (1494-1566)

On Suleiman's mammoth estate were 10 mosques, 14 steam baths and two hospitals. The head cook, with 50 sous-chefs, 30 confectioners and 100 tasters, worked magic with dates, plums and prunes from ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The Lion House’ Review: In Suleyman the Magnificent’s Court

Suleyman the Magnificent had his hand on Christendom’s throat. He could paralyze all of Europe’s trade at the drop of a Turkish turban and had more Christian subjects massed under his rule than any ...