{"product_id":"the-sultans-organ-john-mole-9780955756924","title":"The Sultan's Organ: London to Constantinople in 1599 and adventures on the way","description":"In 1599 Queen Elizabeth I sent a wonderful present to Sultan Mehmet III of Turkey. It was a self-playing organ, which could play for six hours, combined with a speaking clock and jewel-encrusted moving figures, all contained in a gilded cabinet sixteen feet high, six feet wide and five feet deep. With it went four craftsmen led by young Thomas Dallam, musician and organ builder. It took them six eventful months to get from London to Constantinople. They encountered storms, volcanoes, exotic animals, foreign food, pirates, brigands, Moors, Turks, Greeks, Jews, beautiful women, barbarous men, kings and pashas, armies on the march, janissaries, eunuchs, slaves, dwarves and finally the most powerful man in the world, the Great Turk himself. Thomas kept a fascinating diary, now in the British Library. Faithfully translated into modern English, unembellished and unedited, this marvellous traveller's tale reads as if its author were alive today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Mole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0955756928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780955756924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.23d","brand":"John Mole","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926866362623,"sku":"9780955756924","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_aa877a2f-cbbe-49a6-ac49-58027876f1c2.jpg?v=1681085456","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sultans-organ-john-mole-9780955756924","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}