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Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453
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"'A powerful telling of an extraordinary story, presented with a clarity and a confidence that most academic historians would envy.' Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph 'Narrative history at its most enthralling.' Christopher Silvester, Daily Express 'Engagingly fresh and vivid.' Malise Ruthven, Sunday Times"
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In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium. During the siege that followed, a small band of defenders, outnumbered ten to one, confronted the might of the Ottoman army in an epic contest fought on land, sea and underground.
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Very well written
26. Februar 2010
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
As a number of reviewers have already pointed out, the author of this book does an excellent job in chronicling the last days of the great imperial city of Constantinople before its fall to the Ottoman Turks. Crowley writes in a style that is both entertaining and historically accurate avoiding becoming partisan to one side or the other. The book not only details the events of the fall of Constantinople but also the main players (The Ottomans, The Byzantine king, the Latin rulers of Europe) And their involvement (Or lack of it) Crowley gives the reader background to the run up to the siege, the controversies between eastern and western church and also the repercussions of the fall of the city in both the Islamic and western world.
A down side to the book however is that it doesn't really cover much of what Sultan Mehmet did with the city after its capture. It seems to be rather rushed the last chapter as though he has exhausted all he wants to tell and just wants to end the book. Another down point is he uses the old Greek names for the gates and districts of the city. A few reviewers have pointed out that they have taken this book on holiday with them to Istanbul to help them to understand the city however without knowing the Turkish equivalents to the Greek names mentioned in the book I would imagine you would be stuck to say the least.
One other thing I should say however is that large parts of the book (Especially the events of the actual battle on the day of the capture of the city by the Turks) Seem to be taken almost word for word from Runiciman (The fall of Constantinople) Almost to the point that I had to get my old copy of that book and re-read it as I though I had just bought a new edition of that book!
For someone looking to get a highly readable and historically accurate account of the fall of Constantinople and wants to avoid the more excessive one sided books out there I highly recommend this book. If however you have Runciman's book you may not want to bother.
A down side to the book however is that it doesn't really cover much of what Sultan Mehmet did with the city after its capture. It seems to be rather rushed the last chapter as though he has exhausted all he wants to tell and just wants to end the book. Another down point is he uses the old Greek names for the gates and districts of the city. A few reviewers have pointed out that they have taken this book on holiday with them to Istanbul to help them to understand the city however without knowing the Turkish equivalents to the Greek names mentioned in the book I would imagine you would be stuck to say the least.
One other thing I should say however is that large parts of the book (Especially the events of the actual battle on the day of the capture of the city by the Turks) Seem to be taken almost word for word from Runiciman (The fall of Constantinople) Almost to the point that I had to get my old copy of that book and re-read it as I though I had just bought a new edition of that book!
For someone looking to get a highly readable and historically accurate account of the fall of Constantinople and wants to avoid the more excessive one sided books out there I highly recommend this book. If however you have Runciman's book you may not want to bother.
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Surprisingly good
2. Juni 2009
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I read this book several months ago. I waited until I had read Runciman's work, the standard book on the siege, to review this one. This seemingly forgotten book is a surprisingly good read. Although Crowley is not a historian and has a slight Turkish apologetic slant, the narrative of the actual siege is far better than Runciman's. He still believes the old myth that Greek fire was used in 1453, and much of his narrative of the events in the Turkish camp are pure speculation, and this is where he loses a star. Nonetheless, the plates are crisp and clear, the narrative is excellent and Mr. Crowley understands the physical geography of the city very well.
Read this in conjunction with Runciman's book, as they compliment each other wonderfully. Crowley has some important updates from 50 years of scholarship since Runciman's book was written, and has a far more detailed account of the siege, while Runciman's has the advantage of being written by a scholar.
Read this in conjunction with Runciman's book, as they compliment each other wonderfully. Crowley has some important updates from 50 years of scholarship since Runciman's book was written, and has a far more detailed account of the siege, while Runciman's has the advantage of being written by a scholar.
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History narration at its best
2. Mai 2011
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
If there is one book the interested reader needs to read about the siege of Constantinople, it is definitely this one! Crowley may not be a scholar, but his narrative seizes the reader by its realism and details in such a way that he or she will not be able to put away the book before reaching its end...In addition, his story is based on numerous contemporary sources, often written by eye witnesses. This is a wonderful book!
However, the book contains some imperfections that I will briefly outline here in the hope they will be brought to the attention of the author:
- Page 6: It is not true that "the name Turkey (was) unknown to them until borrowed from Europe to create the new Republic in 1923." For in 1908, a coup was staged against Abdul-Hamid II by officers belonging to a party called "Young Turkey".
- Page 11: the Caliph's name is Muawiyah, with just one y.
- Page 21: The name Rum is never used to mean Rome in Arabic. Ar-Rum is the name the Arabs gave to the Greeks.
- Page 175: There need be no uncertainty as to the date of the eclipse of the moon. Fred Espenak's site gives the dates and exact times of all eclipses from 1999 B.C to 3000 AD. This one occurred on the evening of 22nd May, 1453.
- Page 176, passim: "the haunting quartertones of the hymns" is a myth. To start with, there is no Oriental music that uses quartertone intervals: whole tones are flattened by one quartertone in some of the maqams(or modes). But even this is absent from Byzantine music, which uses plain Western modes, that can be played on the "white" keys of the piano...
- Page 185: the "shouts of the faithful" are certainly not as quoted! Muslims declaration of faith and battle-cry is :"La ilaha illa-llah, Muhammad rasulu-llah", which means: "there is no god but Allah, Mohammad is his messenger". The translation given by Crowley is his own invention!
- Page 217: Here Crowley is not to blame at all, since the mistake is in the Arabic saying of the Prophet at the top of the page. There is a diacritic sign which has been changed from the original, turning the meaning into "You will conquer Constantinople" instead of the correct "Constantinople will be conquered...". It seems this is the hadith that spurred the Muslim general Maslama bin Abdul Malek to attempt the siege of Constantinople in 717...
However, the book contains some imperfections that I will briefly outline here in the hope they will be brought to the attention of the author:
- Page 6: It is not true that "the name Turkey (was) unknown to them until borrowed from Europe to create the new Republic in 1923." For in 1908, a coup was staged against Abdul-Hamid II by officers belonging to a party called "Young Turkey".
- Page 11: the Caliph's name is Muawiyah, with just one y.
- Page 21: The name Rum is never used to mean Rome in Arabic. Ar-Rum is the name the Arabs gave to the Greeks.
- Page 175: There need be no uncertainty as to the date of the eclipse of the moon. Fred Espenak's site gives the dates and exact times of all eclipses from 1999 B.C to 3000 AD. This one occurred on the evening of 22nd May, 1453.
- Page 176, passim: "the haunting quartertones of the hymns" is a myth. To start with, there is no Oriental music that uses quartertone intervals: whole tones are flattened by one quartertone in some of the maqams(or modes). But even this is absent from Byzantine music, which uses plain Western modes, that can be played on the "white" keys of the piano...
- Page 185: the "shouts of the faithful" are certainly not as quoted! Muslims declaration of faith and battle-cry is :"La ilaha illa-llah, Muhammad rasulu-llah", which means: "there is no god but Allah, Mohammad is his messenger". The translation given by Crowley is his own invention!
- Page 217: Here Crowley is not to blame at all, since the mistake is in the Arabic saying of the Prophet at the top of the page. There is a diacritic sign which has been changed from the original, turning the meaning into "You will conquer Constantinople" instead of the correct "Constantinople will be conquered...". It seems this is the hadith that spurred the Muslim general Maslama bin Abdul Malek to attempt the siege of Constantinople in 717...
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