• Ottoman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Fall of Constantinople, and the Life of Suleiman the Magnificent

  • By: Captivating History
  • Narrated by: Desmond Manny, Duke Holm
  • Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (40 ratings)

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Ottoman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Fall of Constantinople, and the Life of Suleiman the Magnificent

By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Desmond Manny,Duke Holm
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Publisher's summary

If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of the Ottoman Empire then pay attention...

Three captivating manuscripts in one book:

  • The Ottoman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire and Its Control over Much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa
  • The Fall of Constantinople: A Captivating Guide to the Conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks That Marked the end of the Byzantine Empire
  • Suleiman the Magnificent: A Captivating Guide to the Longest-Reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Incredible facts about this empire still surprise anyone who starts discovering those stories. You’ll find out that, for quite a while, this Islamic state was effectively ruled by women, and that’s just the beginning.

Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this audiobook include:

  • The First Sultan
  • The Conqueror
  • The Just and the Resolute
  • The Magnificent
  • The Supreme Valide
  • Husbands and Sons
  • Grandest of the Grand
  • The End of the Ottoman Empire

Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this audiobook include:

  • The Gateway to the West
  • God Wills It: Knights of the First Crusade
  • Broken Promises: The Fourth Crusade
  • Schisms in the Church
  • Preparation: The Big Guns
  • Constantinople: The Final Stand
  • The aftermath

Some of the topics covered in part 3 of this audiobook include:

  • The World Before Suleiman I
  • Succession
  • Lover, Poet, & Patron of the Arts
  • Father
  • Friend
  • Campaigner
  • Statesman
  • And much, much more!

So if you want to learn more about the Ottoman Empire, click the "add to cart" button!

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Narrators do not know how to pronounce words

many words in both sections are mispronounced, even the English words... very annoying.

One would think that the material would be familiar enough to the narrators that pronunciation of the content's foreign words would be closer, but when even the English words are not being pronounced well, it's really difficult to listen.

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Dull

This was a fan girl epic with a lot of titles and pretty much the way history is taught that makes everyone hate history

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Good but fast paced.

I suppose that covering hundreds of years of history in five hours needs to move fast, but there were times where it felt like I was just listening to a list of names being read off in order of their succession.

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Totally not captivating cliff-notes timeline

This is an absolutely pathetic book. I read better histories in my middle school text books. I didn't know it was possible to make such a vast and fascinating subject as boring as this. Don't waste your time.

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Epically told we should all learn from soulemon the magnificent

His tolerance of other religions should be highlighted for all!! The story is amazing and told expertly with great anecdotes about the ottomans!!

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excellent history

Ottoman Empire was the most captivating history I ever read on studied. I will listen again and again.

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Very detailed

Interesting , good detail , a little to dramatic at times , but a good read , would recommend it as a good read

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Pretty complete overview

Author was able to consolidate within few hours the most important facts regarding the subjects.

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Great Overview

This audiobook describes the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire from how each became Sultan to their impact on governance and lawmaking through their military victories and defeats.

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Simply Amazing


The book explains the history, administration and social life of the Ottoman Empire during this time masterfully in separate sections. An appendix of terms in Turkish and Ottoman is provided at the back for quick explanations, since the historical matter is rather heavy for a lay person.

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