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Item Details
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CONSTANTINOPLE
CITY OF THE WORLD'S DESIRE, 1453-1924 |
| By: |
Philip Mansel |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0140262466 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780140262469 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
6 November, 1997 |
| Pages: |
544 |
| Language: |
English, Spanish |
| Description: |
The Ottoman Empire began in 1453 when Mehmed the Conqueror entered Constantinople on a white horse, and it ended in 1924 when the final sultan, Abdulmecid, hurriedly left on the Orient Express. This book gives an account of Constantinople and its ruling family. |
| Synopsis: |
The only city situated on two continents, Constantinople was both meeting place and battlefield. In this remarkable study, Philip Mansel richly describes the city as the capital of the Ottoman sultans, dominating an empire that at its height stretched from Morocco to Russia and from the Danube to the Persian Gulf. Beginning his story in 1453 with the triumphant entry of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, Mansel charts the dramtic influence of several wealthy dynasties through to the final fall of Constantinople to the Turkish Republic in 1924. "Constantinople" brings to life a world now lost forever and records the history of what was indeed "the city of the world's desire" -- irrestible, insidious, capable of driving its inhabitants to extremes of grandeur, piety, or depravity. |
| Illustrations: |
16pp b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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