{"product_id":"on-the-sultans-service-halid-ziya-usakligils-memoir-of-the-ottoman-palace-1909-1912-hardback-9780253045508","title":"On the Sultan's Service; Halid Ziya Usakligil's Memoir of the Ottoman Palace, 1909–1912 (Hardback) 9780253045508","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOn the Sultan's Service\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHalid Ziya Usakligil's Memoir of the Ottoman Palace, 1909–1912\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDouglas S. Brookes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253045508\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 January 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e290 pages, 53 b\u0026amp;w images, 7 color, 4 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.2 x 15.4 x 2.1 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brookes' work offers scholars and students a very readable account of palace life during the reign of Mehmed V, first-hand observations of many interesting historical events, and fascinating insights concerning life in general from one of the greatest Turkish novelists.\"—Jame N Tallon, \u003ci\u003eThe Middle Ground Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When at last we were approaching the Harem, the Sultan, surely quite alarmed, said to me in a low voice (was that so the eunuch walking in front of us wouldn't hear, or because in this lonely and dark passageway he was frightened of his own voice?), Ne olacak? 'What is to become of things?'\" \u003cbr\u003e Translated into English for the first time, this memoir provides fascinating first-hand insight into the personalities, intrigues, and inner workings of the Ottoman palace in its final decades. Written by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, who was First Secretary to Sultan Mehmed V and would go on to be one of Turkey's most famous novelists, \u003ci\u003eOn the Sultan's Service\u003c\/i\u003e makes available to English readers the remarkable account of life and work in the Ottoman palace chancery—the public, \"business\" side of the palace—in its final incarnation. We learn of the court's new role under this second-to-last Sultan in post-Revolution Turkey. No longer exercising political power, the palace negotiated the minefields between political factions, sought ways to unite the empire in the face of sharpening nationalist aspirations, and faced with a kind of shocked despondency the opening salvos of the wars that were to overwhelm the country. Uşaklıgil includes interviews with the Imperial family and descriptions of royal nuptials, the palaces and its visitors, and the crises that shook the court. He delivers an insightful and moving portrait of Mehmed V, the elderly gentleman who reigned over the Ottoman Empire through both Balkan Wars and World War I.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Maps\u003cbr\u003e Timeline of Late Ottoman History \u003cbr\u003e Family Tree\u003cbr\u003e 1. A New Court for a New Monarch\u003cbr\u003e 2. Redoing the Palaces\u003cbr\u003e 3. On Show\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Imperial Household\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Imperial Family\u003cbr\u003e 6. Wedding Vows and Dueling Heirs\u003cbr\u003e 7. Papers, Papers\u003cbr\u003e 8. Mysterious Yıldız, Daunting Topkapı\u003cbr\u003e 9. Coming to Call\u003cbr\u003e 10. Royal Guests\u003cbr\u003e 11. On Holiday\u003cbr\u003e 12. Maneuvering, Touring\u003cbr\u003e 13. No End to Crises\u003cbr\u003e 14. Caught in the Vise\u003cbr\u003e 15. Bringing Down the Curtain\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Man Who Would Be Sultan\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Names\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Terms and Places\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525280887064,"sku":"9780253045508","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/on-the-sultans-service-halid-ziya-usakligils-memoir-of-the-ottoman-palace-1909-1912-hardback-9780253045508","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}