Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924

Synopsis

Mansel's sweeping narrative of the last five centuries of Constantinople reinterprets the history of the Ottoman Empire and provides an enthralling biography of "the city of the world's desire". "This is a work for the general reader which will also earn the admiration of all academic specialists in Ottoman history".--Sunday Telegraph (London) of photos. [Amazon]

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Released

1998

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Europe & Mideast

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