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Constantinople : the Last Great Siege, 1453 by Crowley, Roger, 1951- author is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
<p>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.<br> <br> 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 atmosphe
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- Author
- Crowley, Roger, 1951- author
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571298204
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Turkey & Ottoman Empire, World
- Rating
- 4.19 / 5 (33 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13