In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium. During the siege that followed, a small band of defenders, outnumbered ten to one, confronted the might of the Ottoman army in an epic contest fought on land, sea and underground.
- ISBN13 9780571221868
- Publish Date 2 November 2006 (first published 15 September 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 April 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English