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John Freely.
The Grand Turk: Sultan Mehmet II — Conqueror of Constantinople, Master of an Empire and Lord of Two Seas.
Published London: I. B. Tauris, 2009.
ISBN 9781845117047.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printer: CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham.
Size: 162x239x26mm.
Page count: xxi,265pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some scuffs and ruffles to the dustjacket; a mild stain on the page edges; at least 1 page has a pencilled annotation in the margin.

This item £10.00
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[Publisher’s price £18.99]
Weight without packaging: 621g.

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Contents: Sons of Osman; Boy sultan; Conquest of Constantinople; Istanbul, capital of the Ottoman empire; Europe in terror; War with venice; House of felicity; Renaissance court in Istanbul; Conquest of Negroponte; Victory over the white sheep; Conquest of the Crimea & Albania; Siege of Rhodes; Capture of Otranto; Death of the conqueror; Sons of the conqueror; The tide of conquest turns; The conqueror's city.

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Illustrations: 8 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: 2
Genealogies: no
Chronology: The Ottoman dynasty
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: 7pp
Index: yes

See also | Byzantine studies | Islamic studies |
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