Marc David Baer is professor of international history at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of five books, including Honored by the Glory of Islam: Conversion and Conquest in Ottoman Europe, which won the Albert Hourani Prize. He lives in London.
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An authoritative history of the Ottoman dynasty, revealing a diverse empire that straddled East and West. 'Panoramic and thought-provoking.' —The Guardian The Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic, Asian antithesis of the... SEE MORE