Skriuwer. com: The History of the Ottoman Empire, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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¿¿¿¿ What if Constantinople's walls dripped Greek fire and orphan blood?

Unlock the untold saga of an empire built on dev¿irme kidnappings, poisoned sultans, and a harem where silk veils hid daggers. This is the raw, unflinching chronicle of Mehmed II crucifying infants and Suleiman strangling his own sons.

¿¿¿¿ INSIDE THIS LARGE PRINT EDITION: Child-robbery system: 20, 000 Christian boys stolen as dev¿irme slaves-brainwashed to kill their own families. Harem bloodbaths: Roxelana's poison plot to erase rivals-drowning Suleiman's heir. Armenian cover-up: How Abdulhamid II burned evidence of 1890s massacres.

SULTAN'S SECRET: "I will plant my throne on your children's skulls."

• Mehmed II's ultimatum to Byzantine defenders, 1453

¿¿¿¿ WHY YOU'LL DEVOUR THIS: Throne of Corpses: 19 sultans murdered by their own families. Slavery's Scale: 40% of Istanbul were enslaved. Failed Modernity: Railroads built with skeleton labor.

¿¿¿¿ CLAIM THE EMPIRE THAT REWROTE CRUELTY'S DICTIONARY!