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 8 pp. of photos.
Language
English
Pages
528
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Release
November 01, 1996
ISBN
0312145748
ISBN 13
9780312145743
Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924
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 8 pp. of photos.