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Steven Runciman.
The Fall of Constantinople 1453.

Published London: Readers Union, 1966 (book club edition, reprints the 1965 Cambridge U.P. edn.)
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; tinted tops.
Printer: Ebenezer Baylis & Son, The Trinity Press, Worcester & London.
Size: 133x222x18mm.
Page count: text xiv,256pp; plates 8pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: the dustjacket on this copy has a little wear on the edges and its is spine slightly faded; the book itself looks in good order, text appears to be free of marking.


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[Cambridge paperback in print at £11.99]
Weight without packaging: 374g.

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Contents: Dying empire; Rising sultanate; Emperor & Sultan; Price of western aid; Preparations for the siege; The siege begins; Loss of the Golden Horn; Fading hope; Last days of Byzantium; Fall of Constantinople; Fate of the vanquished; Europe & the conqueror; The survivors.
Appendices: Principal sources for history of the fall of Constantinople; Churches of Constantnople after the conquest.

Illustrations: 1 text figure & 8 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 3

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 10pp
Index: yes


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