Bringing Ottoman Istanbul to life – courtesy Kolkata and Dan Brown
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New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Inspired by great writers’ depiction of grand cities, British historian Jason Goodwin sought to immortalise the Ottoman Empire’s imposing capital, which not only straddles continents but also cultures and eras, in fiction and found recreating the ambiance of 19th century Istanbul owed as much to a stint in Calcutta of the 1980s as contemporary accounts.
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