THE FORTY SIEGES OF CONSTANTINOPLE: The Great City's Enemies & Its Survival
The target of repeated attempts to capture it for the past two and a half millennia, the city has been besieged 40 times, and has been captured on three or four occasions. The inhabitants fought hard and the result was that when the city was captured it was also destroyed, or at least suffered a hideous sack. Color photos.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 274
Publisher: Pen & Sword
Publishing status: Current
ISBN: 9781399090278
Item #: 768892X