1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West

Now in trade paperback, 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 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.

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