Constantinople

City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924

von Philip Mansel

560 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Philip Mansel's highly acclaimed history of Constantinople (formerly known as Byzantium) absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmopolitan capital - the city of the world's desire - and its ruling family. In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror entered Constantinople on a white horse, beginning an Ottoman love affair with the city that lasted until 1924, when the last Caliph hurriedly left on the Orient Express. For almost five centuries Constantinople, with its enormous racial and cultural diversity, was the centre of the dramatic and often depraved story of an extraordinary dynasty.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Asiatische Geschichte
• ISBN: 9780719568800
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.10.2006
• Größe: 198 x 129 mm
• Verlag: John Murray Press