In a superb octavo volume, replete with valuable maps, plans, and illustrations, and bearing the title "Byzantine Constantinople ... in the history of the empire of which it was the capital.

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years ...

In the Byzantine Empire of the medieval period ... well defended as well - in the early medieval period, Constantinople built some of the heaviest walls of all of Mediterranean Europe.

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...

He writes: "My aim was to produce a clear account of the long history of the Byzantine Empire based on the latest research ... The fascinating last chapter recounts the fate of Constantinople and its ...