Suleiman the Magnificent

Empire

Jack Davenport

History

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Who is Selim the Grim? How does a slave come to be one of the most powerful members of Suleiman’s court? How does Suleiman anger the Christian powers? Listen as William and Anita are joined by Marc Baer to discuss the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent, in particular his love interests and the very Game of Thrones-style intrigue they create. To get your free two week trial for Find my past, go to www.findmypast.co.uk and sign up. LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/xempire Twitter: @Empirepoduk Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Empire with me, Anita Arnand.
0:15.3	And me, William Thuribund.
0:17.7	Now what are you doing?
0:18.7	Take a place.
0:19.7	Well, I have.
0:23.0	I do.
0:24.0	But it's pointless.
0:25.0	OK.
0:26.0	OK, go for it.
0:27.0	It was really lovely to have this.
0:28.0	Anyway, you're in India.
0:29.0	Maybe let's just say that it's a timeline difference.
0:32.1	It isn't.
0:33.1	It's him.
0:34.1	OK.
0:35.1	Look, last time we left these wonderful people, our listeners,
0:38.1	we had concluded the very, very dramatic fall
0:41.9	of Constantinople, which you were fabulous in, may I say.
0:45.6	And we are now heading to another turn of epoch.
0:49.2	But we should fill in the gap a little bit
0:51.3	because we're going to be talking about an extraordinary man.
0:53.1	With an extraordinary man, don't give away the suspense.
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