The Lion House
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  • Published: 13 June 2023
  • ISBN: 9780099578697
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $30.00
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The Lion House

The Coming of a King

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13 Jun 2023
EBook
3 Feb 2022
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3 Mar 2022
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'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph

Venice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear: the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has all he needs to wage total war - and his sights are set on Rome. With Christendom divided, Suleyman the Magnificent has his hand on its throat.

From the palaces of Istanbul to the blood-soaked fields of central Europe and the scorched coasts of north Africa, The Lion House tells the true story of two civilisations in an existential duel and the rise of the most feared man of the sixteenth century. It is a tale of the timeless pull of power, dangerous to live with, deadly to live without.
  • Published: 13 June 2023
  • ISBN: 9780099578697
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $30.00
Categories:

About the author

Christopher de Bellaigue

Christopher de Bellaigue was born in London in 1971, and was educated at Cambridge University, where he read Iranian and Indian Studies. Between 1995 and 2007, he lived and worked as a journalist in south Asia and the Middle East, writing for The Economist, Guardian and the New York Review of Books. He is the award-winning author of four books and has made several BBC television and radio programmes. He lives in London.

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