{"product_id":"9781529967050-the-golden-throne","title":"The Golden Throne","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Story of Suleyman the Magnificent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e for the Ottoman Empire . History at its most gripping' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eThe Lion House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ground-breaking, present-tense reconstruction of the life and world of one of the most consequential figures in world history, Suleyman the Magnificent, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lion House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChosen by \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003eas one of the Best Books of 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A wonderful book – entrancing, addictive, full of effortless erudition’\u003c\/b\u003e Rory Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIstanbul, 1538.\u003c\/i\u003e The greatest of the Ottoman Sultans is at the pinnacle of world power, while his family and future are at the mercy of their own dynastic law: whichever of his five sons succeeds him must eventually kill all the others. So why not get a head start?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the next fifteen years, as Suleyman the Magnificent and his terrifying pirate captain Barbarossa face down imperial enemies across two hemispheres, the self-fulfilling curse of the Ottomans gathers its own unstoppable momentum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the burning pyres of Paris to the rain-lashed mountains of Transylvania, from Buda to Basra, from Crimea to the coast of India, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Throne \u003c\/i\u003eis an intensely gripping yet entirely historical reconstruction of the life and world of the most feared and powerful man of the sixteenth century, revealing the price of succession and the terrible cost of success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The pace, the language and the story-telling are simply magnificent’ \u003c\/b\u003eVictoria Hislop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Thrilling entertainment created out of meticulously researched history’\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Peston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Mesmerizing, superb, impossible to put down' \u003c\/b\u003eSimon Sebag Montefiore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful and highly enjoyable'\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret MacMillan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55759334277494,"sku":"9781529967050","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39157541_79c02f94-fbbb-44a8-b593-1310827cd32e.jpg?v=1766440185","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529967050-the-golden-throne","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}