TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crowley,Roger
TI  - 1453: the holy war for Constantinople and the clash of Islam and the West 
SN  - 9781401308506
AV  - DR730 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Hyperion
KW  - East and West
KW  - Islam and world politics
KW  - Istanbul (Turkey)
KW  - History
KW  - Siege, 1453
N1  - "Originally published by Hyperion"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-287) and index
N2  - A comprehensive account of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 examines the end of the Byzantine Empire and the medieval era, and the implications of the siege for the relationship between the West and Islam
ER  -