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As the Show gets further and further...
away from the Conquest of Constantinople, I've found that I'm reaching the limits of my "since high school" history buff study of the Ottoman Empire. As such, this year I put a few books up on my Amazon Wish List. Among them came a highly recommended work by Osprey Publishing, "The Ottoman Empire 1326- 1699" by Stephen Turnbull.
First, in full disclosure I'm a bit of an Osprey Publishing fanboy. I have a ton of their works and so does my father (whom is a World War Two studies guy-specifically military aviation). I already have their work on the Janissaries and several other stuff laying around the spare bedroom in which the Ottoman Empire Podcast is produced.
Since getting away from the Conquest of Constantinople..
as I've said my knowledge is getting a bit murky. What I need was a good bird's eye view of the Empire for the next few hundred years. Then, along comes Stephen Turnbull's work. here is just a little clip on page 42 in which Turnbull covers some of Sultan Mehmed II's Siege of Rhodes in 1480:
"In 1480 Mehmet the Conqueror turned his attentions against the Knights of Rhodes on their island fortress close to the Anatolian mainland. The Turkish landing was unopposed because the Grand Master of d'Aubusson could not spare the manpower from the walls. In command of Mehmet's army was a certain Misac, who began carefully selecting his artillery positions, because personal experience had taught him the tremendous damage that artillery could do in the attack. He targeted points that were both vulnerable and strategic and within days nine towers had been destroyed and the Grand Master's palace had been reduced to ruins."
Turnbull presents us with the kind of hard boiled hitting research which brings these days long past to life. I enjoyed the little personal stories about this or that commander's decision which ultimately set the outcome of the Siege.
"On 7 June Misac began a long and carefully planned operation against the sections of wall dedicated to the Tongues of Provence and Italy. The Curtain wall along this length was comparatively thin, so Misac ordered a two-pronged approach of battering the walls and launching balls and incendiary devices over them into the Jewish quarter of the town immediately beyond. The south-eastern wall slowly collapsed into the moat and presented the Turks with an easily scalable ramp."
For the coming next 25 or so episodes of the Ottoman Empire Podcast I will be relying upon Turnbull's overall story arch. I'll be sure and drop credit when I pull from this WONDERFUL Osprey publication too.
If you know of a friend or family member who is interested in history, particularly Ottoman stuff, this book is a great place to start. Here is where you can pick yourself (or friend!) a copy: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/ottoman-empire-13261699-9781472810267/
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