Trade Paperback
2005 · New York
by Crowley, Roger
New York: Hyperion, 2005. 11th printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x8. Eleventh printing. Small tear to spine head. 2005 Trade Paperback. ix, 304 pp. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history, and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's readable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the 57th emperor of Byzantium, illuminates the period in history that was a precursor to the current jihad between the West and the Middle East. (Inventory #: 2342287)