The crescent and the cross
Subtitle: the fall of Byzantium, May, 1453.
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- Siege, 1453
Description: Traces Constantinople's history, from its founding in 330 A.D. until its decline and final destruction by the Osmanli Turks under Mahomet 2d.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 299-304.