Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453

✍ Crowley, Roger 📂 Fiction 📅 2005 🏛 Faber and Faber 🌐 English ⚖ 1 MB

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

Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453

✍ Crowley, Roger 📂 Fiction 📅 2005 🏛 Faber and Faber 🌐 English ⚖ 3 MB

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 t

Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453

✍ Crowley, Roger 📂 Fiction 📅 2005 🏛 Faber and Faber 🌐 English ⚖ 3 MB

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 t

The Great Betrayal: The Great Siege of Constantinople

✍ Bradford, Ernle 📂 Fiction 📅 1966 🏛 E-Reads 🌐 en-US ⚖ 121 KB

Constantinople, jewel of the East, whose Roman emperor embraced Christianity and transformed a fanatic cult into the most powerful religion the world had ever known. The city became itself a center of art, culture and commerce and the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Yet, when the forces of Isla

[The Last Crusaders #1] The Great Siege

✍ William Napier 📂 Fiction 📅 2013 🏛 Hachette UK 🌐 English ⚖ 302 KB

The siege of Malta: A brutal combat. A test of courage. A battle that will change history. Previously published as CLASH OF EMPIRES: THE GREAT SIEGE. Malta 1565: a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean stands gatekeeper between East and West. It is about to become the scene for one of

The Great Siege

✍ William Napier - The Last Crusaders 01 - The Great Siege 📂 Fiction 📅 2011 🏛 Orion Publishing 🌐 English ⚖ 345 KB

1565: a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean stands gatekeeper between East and West. It is about to become the scene for one of the most powerful stories of bravery, battle and bloodlust: the siege of Malta. 1565: a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean stands gatekeeper betwe