This Orient Isle : Elizabethan England and the Islamic world
by Brotton, Jerry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0241004020
- ISBN 13
- 9780241004029
- Seller
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About This Item
London : Allen Lane, 2016. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-335) and index. Contents: Conquering Tunis -- The Sultan, the Tsar and the Shah -- The Battle for Barbary -- An Apt Man in Constantinople -- Unholy Alliances -- Sultana Isabel -- London Turns Turk -- Mahomet's Dove -- Escape from the Seraglio -- Sherley Fever -- More than a Moor. Subjects: 1500-1603; Cultural relations History 16th century; East and West; British Islamic countries History 16th century; Society, British; Diplomatic relations.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 410344
- Title
- This Orient Isle : Elizabethan England and the Islamic world
- Author
- Brotton, Jerry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241004020
- ISBN 13
- 9780241004029
- Publisher
- London : Allen Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2016
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