Globe Trekker Around the World
Globe Trekker Around the World
by Ian Wright
First published 2013 · 60 pages · about 1 hour to read
Also as Kindle · AudiobookFind in a library
About this book
Beginning in Istanbul, Ian Wright visits the Suleymaniye Mosque to experience the grandeur of the Ottoman Empire and learn about its ambitious Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent and his ambitions to expand the Ottoman Empire West into Europe. Then after a quick dip in the world's largest thermal lake in Hungary his journey ends in Vienna, home of Mozart and Sigmund Freud, and also where he discovers how crucial the city's bakers were to surviving the Ottoman siege in 1683.
Books like Globe Trekker Around the World
More by Ian Wright
- Fractures in the HorseFractures in the Horse2022
- Brilliant MapsBrilliant Maps2021
- Brilliant Maps for Curious MindsBrilliant Maps for Curious Minds2019
- Dynamics of StillnessDynamics of Stillness2019
- Life in FootballLife in Football2017
- Murders of ConsequenceMurders of Consequence2017