Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453 - Rilegato

Crowley, Roger

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0571221858 ISBN 13: 9780571221851

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2005

Riassunto

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. 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 atmosphere, heightened by the first massed use of artillery bombardment, both sides feared that the end of the world was nigh. The outcome of the siege, decided in a few short hours on 29 May 1453, is one of the great set-piece moments of world history. "Constantinople" is narrative history at its very best: an intense, extraordinary tale of courage and cruelty, technological ingenuity, endurance and luck.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Roger Crowley read English at Cambridge before going to live in Istanbul. He now works in publishing and lives in Gloucestershire.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0571221858
• ISBN 13: 9780571221851
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304