Title: The crescent and the cross; the fall of Byzantium, May, 1453.
Authors: Dereksen, David, 1925-1968.
Publisher: Putnam
Year: 1964
Subjects: Istanbul (Turkey) History
Abstract: Traces Constantinople's history, from its founding in 330 A.D. until its decline and final destruction by the Osmanli Turks under Mahomet 2d.