Mehmed the Conqueror and His TimePrinceton University Press
Franz Babinger
ISBN: 0691010781
price: $31.95 paperback
From the famous siege of Constantinople in 1453 through the
numerous other campaigns that securely established the Ottoman
Empire, the events in the life of the emperor Mehmed II are the
subject of this classic biography. One of the most important
figures in Ottoman history, Mehmed was the architect of victories
that inspired fear throughout Europe and contributed to an image
of the Turk prevalent in Western art and literature for many
years.
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