istanbul (turkey)

An English boy, shipwrecked, hungry, and lost, finds his way into the court of Constantine where he is interpreted as a symbol of good luck and, as such, ordered to be kept always near the king.

Looks at the empire of Byzantium, including Constantinople, The grand mosque of Hagia Sophia, and the treasury of St. Marks' in Venice.

Raised by a carpet merchant father and resentful stepmother after a prophesied birth, Eleonora is recognized as a prodigy before stowing away to Stamboul, where she charms the eccentric Sultan Abdulhamid II and changes the course of history.

Dying scriptwriter Philip Nilson spends his last days writing about a forgotten but critical moment in the life of Greta Garbo.

Describes the background to and the events of the 1453 siege of the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, by Turkish Muslims.

A visitors' guide to Constantinople in 1024, including what to see, where to stay, and what to eat, with sidebars on such topics as Emperor Constantine, the Hagia Sophia, and a drink made of roasted beans from Kaffa.

"Lovable ne'er-do-well Delilah Dirk is an Indiana Jones for the 19th century. She has traveled to Japan, Indonesia, France, and even the New World. Using the skills she's picked up on the way, Delilah's adventures continue as she plots to rob a rich and corrupt Sultan in Constantinople. With the aid of her flying boat and her newfound friend, Selim, she evades the Sultan's guards, leaves angry pirates in the dust, and fights her way through the countryside"--Amazon.com.

Nineteen-year-old Asya has led a sheltered life with her mother and three aunts in Istanbul, until she meets Armanoush, her brother's stepdaughter, who flies to Istanbul to reconnect with her past and introduces Asya to a new world of possibilities and dangers.

Yashim Togalu, nineteenth-century eunuch and imperial investigator, inquires into a wave of murders in Istanbul, Turkey, and uncovers the revival of the Janissaries, the Ottoman military force abolished ten years earlier, who are planning to overthrow the government.