For nearly 4 centuries, the Ottoman sultans dwelt amid the secret splendors of the Grand Seraglio. Penzer presents photographs and floor plans that provide a comprehensive view of Topkapi Palace's structure and architecture: gardens, chambers, and pavilions plus profiles of the harem's women and their eunuch guards. 42 black-and-white illustrations. Unabridged republication of The Harem as published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1936.
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