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The author seems to be turning the pages of hundreds of European and Ottoman primary sources, ancient chronicles and faded documents. The historian describes the Mediterranean of the Ottoman era as an endless system of social ties and networks, behind which the enmity between Christianity and Islam is diminished. But above all, Emrağ Gürkan's stories feature both famous and still unknown personalities with their virtues and vices, strengths and weaknesses. The spies on his pages tirelessly weave intrigues, suffer cruel torture, gather invaluable information, and thus scour the cold shores of Britain to the sultry Iran. And the ultimate centre of this sea of people is Istanbul, or the "capital of happiness", the oldest centre for intelligence and agents from many different countries.

The publication is supplemented by a glossary of Ottoman terms, which will be useful for both beginners and specialists in Turkish studies.