Learning Akka

Jason Goodwin fell in love with Istanbul while studying Byzantine History at Cambridge University. After the success of his first book, he decided to make a pilgrimage on foot from Poland to Istanbul, and the account of that journey... On Foot to the Golden HornThis earned him the Mail on Sunday Prize, which was awarded to him in 1993. Intrigued by the influence of the Ottoman Empire in Eastern Europe, and after exhaustive research, he published the seminal book. Lord of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire. The Fire of IstanbulThe first book in this series achieved international critical and public acclaim, won the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and has been translated into thirty-eight languages. The novels listed in the Porto Editora catalog include... Istanbul Fire (2010) and Stone Serpent (2011), and the publication of this series is planned to continue.