{"product_id":"the-shaping-of-turkey-in-david-s-katz-9783319822563","title":"The Shaping of Turkey in the British Imagination, 1776-1923","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is about the principal writings that shaped the perception of Turkey for informed readers in English, from Edward Gibbon's positing of imperial \u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall\u003c\/i\u003e to the proclamation of the Turkish Republic (1923), illustrating how Turkey has always been a part of the modern British and European experience. It is a great sweep of a story: from Gibbon as standard textbook, through Lord Bryon the pro-Turkish poet, and Benjamin Disraeli the Romantic novelist of all things Eastern, followed by John Buchan's \u003ci\u003eGreenmantle\u003c\/i\u003e First World War espionage fantasies, and then \u003ci\u003eManchester Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Arnold Toynbee narrating the fight for Turkish independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David S. Katz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 331982256X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319822563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.65d","brand":"David S. Katz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48996292133119,"sku":"9783319822563","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shaping-of-turkey-in-david-s-katz-9783319822563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}