The Lion House. By Christopher de Bellaigue. Vintage; 304 pages; £20. To be published in America by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in November; $28NOT FOR the first or last time in history, the master of an authoritarian power straddling Europe and Asia looked west—and was reassured to find his adversaries divided. Squabbles among the rulers of western Christendom, theological, commercial and personal, made it easier for Sultan Suleiman to achieve his grand aim.Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.

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