The Lion House (By Christopher de Bellaigue)

#ads Get premium access to stream any unabridged audiobook by starting your free trial:https://mediabooks.space/il-3927/Title: The Lion House Author: Christopher de Bellaigue Narrator: Barnaby Edwards Format: mp3 Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins Release date: 11-08-22 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 37 ratings Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Narrated through the eyes of the intimates of Suleyman the Magnificent, the sixteenth-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire, The Lion House animates with stunning immediacy the fears and stratagems of those around him: the Greek slave who becomes his Grand Vizier, the Venetian jewel dealer who acts as his go-between, the Russian consort who becomes his wife. Christopher de Bellaigue tells not just the story of rival superpowers, nor of one of the most consequential lives in human history, but of what it means to live in a time when a few men get to decide the fate of the world.