Discussion: Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453 1924

Author: Philip Mansel

Description: This book traces the dynamic relationship between the cosmopolitan capital of Constantinople—"the city of the world’s desire"—and its ruling dynasty. In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror rode into the city on a white horse, marking the start of an Ottoman legacy that would endure until 1924, when the last Caliph hastily boarded the Orient Express.

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