For people who love alternative history stories, the "Ring of Fire" series (starting with "1632", which you can get for free at http://www.baen.com/1632.html ht

For people who love alternative history stories, the "Ring of Fire" series (starting with "1632", which you can get for free at http://www.baen.com/1632.html http://www.baen.com/1632.html) is highly recommended. The Suleyman portrait there (in http://ericflint.wikia.com/wiki/Ottoman_Empire http://ericflint.wikia.com/wiki/Ottoman_Empire) is also rather astute.