Constantinople : city of the world's desire, 1453-1924
Mansel, Philip, 1951-2006
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Place reservation for Constantinople : city of the world's desire, 1453-1924In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror entered Constantinople on a white horse, beginning the Ottoman love affair with the city that lasted until 1924. Philip Mansel's acclaimed book is an absorbing account of the interaction between a vibrantly cosmopolitan capital and the extraordinary dynasty that ruled it for almost five centuries.
Main title:
Constantinople : city of the world's desire, 1453-1924 / Philip Mansel.
Author:
Edition:
New pbk. ed.
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2006.
Collation:
xvi, 528 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 1995.Includes index.Bibliography: p. 487-508.
ISBN:
07195688039780719568800
Dewey class:
949.6'18956.1949.618
Language:
English
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BRN:
88104
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