- The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 - Steven Runciman Motte Laurent Hélène Pignot - Books

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  • Good for migraine  

    The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 (Paperback)
    Tough to get into the train of thought of the author. The details are there but are poorly arranged, there is no respite time to assimilate. Translation may not be to par either. In short, a book that reads easily.
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  • The agony of an empire  

    The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 (Paperback)
    Steven Runciman's book on "The Fall of Constantinople" is, as its title suggests, focused on the terrible siege by the Ottoman Turks to capture the millennial capital of Roumis / Romans (were do they now "Greeks"). Military operations
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  • A very great narrative clarity: a model to follow for many historian  

    The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 (Paperback)
    The great historian Sir Steven Runciman gives us, in a compact book exceptionally well written and accessible to all, a great presentation on the end of the Eastern Roman Empire. Many supposedly educated people know that the fall of Constantinople da
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  • Excellent book: recommendable. 1  

    The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 (Paperback)
    Book bought after reading positive reviews on this site. I can only associate myself with praise. Lu trafficked without boring me a second, in "live" events. Rigorous writing, as well as documentation. This is not a fictionalized story, but a st
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  • Great. 2108 January 52  

    The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 (Paperback)
    Forgotten in the plane to Lima MADRID, I saw myself obliged to repurchase a so I was fascinated. And yet, I have many books and papers on the subject. This one is indispensable.
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  • An accessible account of one of the most important events in history  

    The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 (Paperback)
    By writing "one of the most important events in history," but I shortcuts betrayed the vision of the author, for whom May 29, 1453, the day of the fall of Constantinople, is only that of an already mature fruit long time. The decline of the Byza
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