0571221858 
Hardback Constantinople : the last great siege, 1453 / Roger Crowley.
Publication year: 2005
Format: Hardback
Publisher: London : Faber,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780571221851 (hbk.) :
Notes:
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.
Description:
xi, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), col. port. ; 24 cm.
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This is an excellent book that had me gripped to the end. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the conquest of Constantinople/Istanbul.
21/01/18