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Constantinople : the last great siege, 1453

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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 defenders, outnumbered ten to one, confronted the might of the Ottoman army in an epic contest fought on land, sea and underground.

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Faber & Faber
0571221866 / 9780571221868
Paperback
02/11/2006
United Kingdom
English
xi, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: 2005.