To Save An Empire

Talk and Book Signing with Author Alan Gall

Washington Turkish House, 1526 18th St NW Washington, DC 20036

When Russia invaded the Ottoman Empire in 1877, Sultan Abdülhamid was forced into war to protect and preserve the Empire’s ethnically diverse territories. But, at home he feels his executive powers are paralysed by the Ottoman Grand Vizier Mithat Paşa, an influential reformer, who has popular support to bring a constitutional monarchy to the Empire.

To Save an Empire explores the impact of religious and ethnic conflict in the Ottoman Empire of the late 19th century on the lives of ordinary people—Muslims, Christians, and Jews. Refugees flee atrocities that incite revenge, but also arouse charity and love. A story of love found and lost, of war and its consequences. Today’s Balkans and Middle East emerge from the era’s political forces of terrorism, imperialism, nationalism, and religion. It is a modern story.

‘Gall narrates an impressively researched tale of the waning Ottoman Empire set in the late 19th century. Following the fateful tale of the last truly ensconced Ottoman sultan, Abdülhamit II, the novel weaves through stories of palace intrigue, great power struggles and romance.’ Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - Review

To Save an Empire will be available for purchase and signing.