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ISBN:	1848542941 (ISBN13: 9781848542945)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Constantinople(Turkey)

Siege Hardcover | Pages: 416 pages

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1453. For over a thousand years the walls of Constantinople have protected the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, the furthest outpost of Christianity. But now endless ranks of Turkish warriors cover the plains before them, their massive cannons trained on the ramparts. No European army will help. Constantinople is on its own, and treachery is in the air. Three people will fight to determine the fate of an empire: the young Sultan, returned from exile and desperate to prove his greatness; a Roman princess sworn to protect her city; and a mercenary captain with a personal score to settle.

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Title	:	Siege
Author	:	Jack Hight
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 416 pages
Published	:	May 27th 2010 by John Murray Publishers (first published 2010)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. War

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Ratings: 3.97 From 165 Users | 21 Reviews

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Historically accurate novel about the fall of Constantinople. Some of the action seems far fetched, but it kept my interest throughout.

OCTOBER 1448: THE PLAINS OF KOSSOVALongo lay still under the bodies of two dead soldiers and waited for the last of the Turkish Army to pass.There be maps at the front and we like mapsbazibozouk definition - peasant soldiers who were recruited to the defence of Islam whenever the Ottoman Empire went to war.janissary definition - a soldier (orig. a slave) in the Turkish sultan's guard, established in the 14th cent. and abolished in 1826.vizier definition - a high executive officer of various

If you know the history, it becomes a little predictable. But was a fair read

is it fantasy or historical fiction mr Jack. beacause I cannot guess. Such historical nonsenses are rarely met in books which aspire to be historical or treat about history. And please do not mention in your biography that you a trained historian unless you add in american way

I am struggling to recall many, if any, novels that cover the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, and essentially the death knell of the Roman Empire, and perhaps this is due to the myriad strands that need to be pulled together to tell the whole story, not lending itself to the novel.Jack Hight's attempt, Siege is a worthy attempt, however it does have it's drawbacks. It is readily apparent throughout the novel that Hight knows his subject, with the attention to detail regarding the history

Siege is the story of the fall of Constantinople to the Muslim forces of Sultan Mehmed. Caught up in the events that bring an end to the Byzantine Empire is sixteen years old Englishman, William Whyte, who joins a ship sailing to the East in the hope of making his fortune.Captured by Turkish slavers, he is eventually rescued by a Genoese mercenary named Longo. Lord Longo is destined to lead the defense of Constantinople at the behest of the beleaguered Emperor Constantine XI.Longo comes to the

The Siege is a fictional tale loosely based around real characters that were involved in events leading up to, and the actual fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. The first half of the book focuses on events leading up to the Siege. This is told through the life of Longo, a mercenary captain who ended up running the defence of the city and The Sultan Mehmed who besieged the city. There are various other characters that help to explore the power struggles within the Sultans inner