Originally Posted by Kansas Bear

Unfortunately, no.

I've read "Crescent and Star" by Kinzer, "The Ottoman Centuries" and "Ataturd" by Kinross, "Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire" by Palmer, and the "Byzantium: The Early Centuries", "Byzantium: The Apogee", "Byzantium:The Decline and Fall" all by Norwich, "Age of Faith" and "The Reformation" by Will Durant..............Just to name the few that specifically discuss the Ottoman Empire.


Apparently he and I came to the same conclusion....