The author was the son of an official within Abdul Hamid's court and a journalist. The book is an attack on the personality of the Ottoman sultan... Show moreThe author was the son of an official within Abdul Hamid's court and a journalist. The book is an attack on the personality of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II. He is portrayed as paranoid, violent, promiscuous, a hard task master, and so forth. The lack of dates for incidents or citations for sources does not allow the text to be easily verified. by Georges Dorys...tr. by Arthur Hornblow. Show less
