Constantinople: The Last Great Siege 1453 - Brossura

Crowley, Roger

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571221866 ISBN 13: 9780571221868

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2006

Riassunto

Constantinople is narrative history at its very best: an intense, extraordinary tale of courage and cruelty, technological ingenuity, endurance and luck.

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.

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L'autore:

Roger Crowley read English at Cambridge. He has had a varied career as a teacher and publisher and is the author of three books on the history of the Mediterranean. He lives in Gloucestershire and now writes full time. His website address is www.rogercrowley.co.uk

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0571221866
• ISBN 13: 9780571221868
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320