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The Grand Turk Sultan Mehmet II - Conqueror of Constantinople and Master of an Empire

by: Freely, John

The Grand Turk Sultan Mehmet II - Conqueror of Constantinople and Master of an Empire

by: Freely, John

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9781590204009
ISBN 10:
159020400X
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/28/2010
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

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Sultan Mehmet II, known to his countrymen as the "the Conqueror" and to much of Europe as "the Terror of the World," was once Europe's most feared and powerful ruler.

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Turkish Spelling and Pronunciation	p. xi
List of Maps and Illustrations	p. xiii
Prologue: Portrait of a Sultan	p. xv
The Sons of Osman	p. 1
The Boy Sultan	p. 15
The Conquest of Constantinople	p. 29
Istanbul, Capital of the Ottoman Empire	p. 45
Europe in Terror	p. 57
War with Venice	p. 71
The House of Felicity	p. 81
A Renaissance Court in Istanbul	p. 95
The Conquest of Negroponte	p. 109
Victory over the White Sheep	p. 121
Conquest of the Crimea and Albania	p. 133
The Siege of Rhodes	p. 147
The Capture of Otranto	p. 163
Death of the Conqueror	p. 171
The Sons of the Conqueror	p. 187
The Tide of Conquest Turns	p. 199
The Conqueror's City	p. 213
Notes	p. 227
Glossary	p. 241
The Ottoman Dynasty	p. 243
Bibliography	p. 245
Index	p. 253
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The Grand Turk Sultan Mehmet II - Conqueror of Constantinople and Master of an Empire

The Grand Turk Sultan Mehmet II - Conqueror of Constantinople and Master of an Empire

9781590204009

159020400X

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