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THE LION HOUSE - CHRISTOPHER DE BELLAIGUE KARTO...

Venice  1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear: the vastly
rich Ottoman Sultan has all he needs to wage total war - and his sights are set on Rome. With
Christendom divided  Suleyman the Magnificent has his hand on its throat. From the palaces of
Istanbul to the blood-soaked fields of central Europe and the scorched coasts of north Africa 
The Lion House pioneers a bold new style of eye-witness history to tell a true story of power
at its most glittering  personal and perilous: Suleyman's rise to become the most feared and
powerful man of the sixteenth century. It is a journey built on brutal choices and intimate
relationships - with the Greek slave who becomes his closest friend  the Venetian plutocrat who
sells him gems and wins him allies  the Russian consort who steals his heart. Within a decade 
Suleyman has mastery over millions of souls  from Baghdad to the walls of Vienna  while his
pirate admiral Barbarossa dominates the Mediterranean. And yet the real drama takes place in
small rooms and whispered conversations: as the Sultan exchanges love letters with his own
vizier  as he awakes in terror after dreaming of his own assassination. The Lion House is not
just the story of two civilisations in an existential duel and of one of the most consequential
lives in world history. It is a tale of the timeless pull of power  dangerous to live with 
deadly to live without.

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