A place called Armageddon : Constantinople 1453 / C.C. Humphreys.
"To the Greeks who love it, it is Constantinople. To the Turks who covet it, the Red Apple. Safe behind its magnificent walls, the city was once the heart of the vast Byzantine empire. 1453. The empire has shrunk to what lies within those now-crumbling walls. A relic. Yet for one man, Constantinople is the stepping stone to destiny. Mehmet is twenty when he is annointed Sultan. Now, seeking Allah's will and Man's glory, he brings an army of one hundred thousand, outnumbering the defenders ten to one. He has also brings something new - the most frightening weapon the world has ever seen. And yet, through seven weeks of sea battles, night battles, by tunnel and tower, the defence holds, and will until the final assault and a single bullet that will change history. But a city is more than stone, its fate inseparable from that of its people. Men like Gregoras, a mercenary and exile, returning to the hated place he once loved."--Publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781409114864 (hc.) :
- ISBN: 9781409114871 (trade pbk.) :
- Physical Description: xiii, 461 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: London : Orion, c2011.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: p. 460-461. |
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Subject: | Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481 > Fiction. Byzantine Empire > Civilization > 1081-1453 > Fiction. Istanbul (Turkey) > History > Siege, 1453 > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Canadian fiction. War stories. |
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