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History of Mehmed the Conqueror
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
History of Mehmed the Conqueror
Contributors:
By (Author) Kritovoulos
Translated by Charles T. Riggs
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
21st May 2019
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
956.015092
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
240
Dimensions:
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Five hundred years ago the great walled city of Constantinople fell under the relentless siege of the Ottoman Turks led by Sultan Mehmed II, Mehmed the Conqueror. Kristovoulos, one of the vanquished Greeks, later entered into the service of the Conqueror and began to write a history of the Sultan's life, starting with the year 1451, the beginning o
