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Old 06-28-2022, 11:54 AM   #2116
sufue
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I've read and liked Roger Crowley's history of Venice (City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas), but haven't read his book about the fall of Constantinople, 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West. Still, I would imagine it's pretty good, and it has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US, so I'll probably add it to my TBR pile...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0092TEB14
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0092TEB14

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A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today.

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 Mehmet 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 conflict between the West and the Middle East.
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