the holy war for Constantinople and the clash of Islam and the West
Crowley, Roger
2005
Presents a comprehensive study of the siege of Constantinople in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks, and describes how Mehmet II defeated Constantine XI with new weaponry which included gunpowder and a twenty-seven-foot-long cannon called the Basilica.
Describes the background to and the events of the 1453 siege of the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, by Turkish Muslims.
