From the Book - First trade paperback edition
Introduction: the white castle
The beginning: Gazi Osman and Orhan
The sultan and his converted slaves: Murad I
Resurrecting the dynasty: Bayezid I, Mehmed I, and Murad II
Conquering the second Rome: Mehmed II
A Renaissance prince: Mehmed II
A pious leader faces enemies at home and abroad: Bayezid II
Magnificence: from Selim I to the first Ottoman caliph, Suleiman I
The Ottoman age of discovery
No way like the 'Ottoman way'
Bearded men and beardless youths
Being Ottoman, being Roman: from Murad III to Osman II
Return of the Gazi: Mehmed IV
A Jewish messiah in the Ottoman palace
The second siege of Vienna and the sweet waters of Europe: from Mehmed IV to Ahmed III
Reform: breaking the cycle of rebellion from Selim III to Abdülhamid II
Looking within: the Ottoman Orient
Saving the dynasty from itself: young Turks
The genocide of the Armenians and the first world war: Talat Pasha
The end: Gazi Mustafa Kemal
Conclusion: the Ottoman past endures.
