Constantinople : the last great siege 1453
Crowley, Roger, 1951-2013
Books, Manuscripts
Find it!
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, technological ingenuity, endurance and luck.
Main title:
Constantinople : the last great siege 1453 / Roger Crowley.
Author:
Crowley, Roger, 1951-, author
Imprint:
London : Faber and Faber, 2013.London : Faber and Faber, 2013.
Collation:
xi, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2005.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571298204 (pbk)
Dewey class:
949.618014949.618 CRO
Language:
English
BRN:
530530