The Fall Of Constantinople

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JAPAN'S MODERN-DAY HOMER RECOUNTS A WAR AS CHRISTENDOM AND ISLAM LOCK HORNS OVER A CITY Legendary popular historian Nanami Shiono turns her attention to the Fall of Constantinople in her latest grippingly-written account of times gone by. THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE begins the way history always does: with the end. Through the eyes of a Venetian doctor, Genoan monks, Greek sailors and love-lorn assistants the reader watches as the battle of two monarchs - Sultan Mehmed the Second and Emperor Constantine - reaches its shattering conclusion. Nanami Shiono has already penned a 15-volume history of the Roman Empire and is being hailed as a leading popular historian for our time, with an ambition and scope literary in its extent. THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE marks her transition to mainstream English speaking markets.

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"With extreme literary prowess and a major subject, Shiono vividly recalls a historically unique battle of empires." - East Asian Economy Weekly"

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Nanami Shiono has been compared to Stephen Ambrose and Ken Burns in scope, depth and popularity. She currently lives in Rome.