Pages Through the Ages

20 Jesup Road,Westport CT 06880

02 February, 2022

Description

Join a discussion about GOD'S SHADOW by Alan Mikhail. Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group hosted jointly by the Westport Museum for History and Culture and the Westport Library. The Ottoman Empire’s history has for centuries been distorted, misrepresented, and even suppressed in the West. Now Alan Mikhail presents a vitally needed recasting of Ottoman history, retelling the story of the Ottoman conquest of the world through the dramatic biography of Sultan Selim I (1470–1520). Drawing on previously unexamined sources from multiple languages, and with original maps and stunning illustrations, Mikhail’s game-changing account “challenges readers to recalibrate their sense of history” (Leslie Peirce) Reservations are suggested for this in-person event. Copies of the book are available at the Westport Library. Community Partner: Westport Museum for History and Culture