Constantinpole: The Last Great Siege, 1453 by Roger Crowley

Constantinpole: The Last Great Siege, 1453

Roger Crowley

332 pages first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history religion informative fast-paced
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In the Spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: the capture of the thousand year-old capital of Christian Byzantium. This text is an intense, extraordinary tale of courage and cruelty, te...

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