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Constantinople The Last Great Siege, 1453

Paperback • 2006 • English

Constantinople The Last Great Siege, 1453

By Roger Crowley

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About the book

In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium. During the siege that followed, a small band of badly organised defenders, outnumbered ten to one, confronted the might of the Ottoman army in a bitter contest fought on land, sea and underground, and directed by two remarkable men - Sultan Mehmet II and the Emperor Constantine XI. In the fevered religious atmosphere, heighten...Show more

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ISBN

9780571221868

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Constantinople The Last Great Siege, 1453

Format

Paperback

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