During the Ottoman Empire, no fewer than 19 Sultans were assassinated. So when the Sultans slept in Topkapi Palace, he was inclined to keep one eye open. Everyone around him was a potential enemy – a traitorous vizier, a jealous wife, or an ambitious son could all have a motive to kill them. Join crime novelist – and expert in all things Sultan – Jason Goodwin, as he takes us on a tour of Istanbul’s ancient spice market, in search of a poison fit to kill a Sultan.
Watch Museum Secrets: Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum on History Television this Thursday at 10 PM to find out why so many Sultans were murdered and what the perfect way to murder them was.
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