Giancarlo Casale on Osman of Timişoara, Ottoman captive in 17th century Europe

<p>Giancarlo Casale on “Prisoner of the Infidels: The Memoir of an Ottoman Muslim in 17th Century Europe” (UC Press). Casale edited and translated the book, the first English-language edition of Osman of Timişoara's fascinating memoir describing his years as prisoner and slave in the Habsburg Empire from 1688 to 1699.</p> <p><a href='https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true'>Become a member to support Turkey Book Talk</a>. Members get a 30% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, transcripts of the whole archive, and over 200 reviews covering Turkish and international fiction, history and politics.</p>