Age Group: Adults

Description:

Jahan, a poor boy from India, arrives in sixteenth-century Istanbul accompanying a white elephant destined for the Ottoman menagerie. There he becomes an apprentice to Sinan, the empire's legendary chief architect, and spends decades learning to design mosques, bridges, and palaces across the realm. Amid court intrigues, palace rivalries, and his own secret, unrequited love for a princess, Jahan matures from a humble stable boy into a master builder shaping Istanbul's skyline.