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1453 Lib/E: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
Contributor(s): Crowley, Roger (Author), Prebble, Simon (Read by)

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ISBN: 1478914343     ISBN-13: 9781478914341
Publisher: Hachette Books
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Binding Type: Compact Disc
Published: August 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire
- History | Europe - Medieval
- History | Military - General
Dewey: 949.619
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 6.7" L (0.75 lbs)
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
- Religious Orientation - Islamic
- Cultural Region - Turkey
Features: Unabridged
 
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A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today, 1453 tells the story of one of the great forgotten events of world history, the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks.

For a thousand years Constantinople was quite simply the city: fabulously wealthy, imperial, intimidating-and Christian. Single-handedly it blunted early Arab enthusiasm for Holy War; when a second wave of Islamic warriors swept out of the Asian steppes in the Middle Ages, Constantinople was the ultimate prize: The Red Apple. It was a city that had always lived under threat. On average it had survived a siege every forty years for a millenium-until the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II, twenty-one years old and hungry for glory, rode up to the walls in April 1453 with a huge army, numberless as the stars.

Here is the taut, vivid story of this final struggle for the city told largely through the accounts of eyewitnesses. For fifty-five days a tiny group of defenders defied the huge Ottoman army in a seesawing contest fought on land, at sea, and underground. During the course of events, the largest cannon ever built was directed against the world's most formidable defensive system, Ottoman ships were hauled overland into the Golden Horn, and the morale of defenders was crucially undermined by unnerving portents. At the center is the contest between two inspirational leaders, Mehmed II and Constantine XI, fighting for empire and religious faith, and an astonishing finale in a few short hours on May 29, 1453-a defining moment for medieval history.


Contributor Bio(s): Crowley, Roger: - Roger Crowley was born in England and studied English at Cambridge University. After university, he taught English in Istanbul where he developed his interest in the city and its history. He has traveled widely throughout Turkey, including three journeys on foot across Western Anatolia, and has a working knowledge of Turkish. For the past fifteen years he has worked as a successful educational publisher for Nelson Thornes in Cheltenham, England.Prebble, Simon: -

Simon Prebble, a British-born performer, is a stage and television actor and veteran narrator of some three hundred audiobooks. As one of AudioFile's Golden Voices, he has received thirty-seven Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie in 2010. He lives in New York.


 
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