Queen of Cities

by Andrew Novo and  

Book Overview

1453 - An army is marching. The Turkish sultan, Mehmed, brilliant, and ambitious, has declared war on Constantinople. In Queen of Cities, ANDREW NOVO evokes an age of armored heroes and high-walled cities, of Machiavellian mistresses and scheming politicians, of religious conflict and the clash of empires. With the scrupulous eye of an historian, the author reveals a city caught in a life and death struggle, targeted for conquest by the world's most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603810765
• ISBN13: 9781603810760
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Coffeetown Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"