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A review by zachhois
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley
informative
3.0
TL;DR: Christians put up a good fight but eventually took that L in a big way.
Crazy to me that Mehmed was only 21 when he conquered it. I appreciated his respect of the other religious artefacts with a tasteful amount of razing.
Reading real history with all of these accounts from people that were alive at the time feels like a fantasy novel every time. It is so interesting. Glad so much of history is preserved.
Crazy to me that Mehmed was only 21 when he conquered it. I appreciated his respect of the other religious artefacts with a tasteful amount of razing.
Reading real history with all of these accounts from people that were alive at the time feels like a fantasy novel every time. It is so interesting. Glad so much of history is preserved.