1453: THE HOLY WAR FOR CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE CLASH OF ISLAM AND THE WEST

Book ID/图书代码： 00530011B48559

English Summary/英文概要： Now in trade paperback, a gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today

The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history, and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley’s readable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the 57th emperor of Byzantium, illuminates the period in history that was a precursor to the current jihad between the West and the Middle East.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 君士坦丁堡在1453年的淪陷標誌著一個歷史的轉變，和拜占庭帝國的終結。Roger Crowley全面介紹了穆罕默德二世，奧斯曼帝國的蘇丹，與拜占庭的第57位君王君士坦丁十一世之間的戰役，詮釋了那段可以作為現今西方世界和中東地區之間聖戰的前兆的歷史時期。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：•Sunday Telegraph

"...a vivid, well-researched narrative, rich in period colour."

•The Daily Express

"We are treated to narrative history at its most enthralling"

•LA Times

"... reads more like lively fiction than dry recounting of historical events."

•The Economist

"Dispassionate yet gripping"

•San Francisco Chronicle

"Crowley manages to invest his retelling with almost nail-biting drama"

•The Guardian

"Vivid and readable...an excellent traveller’s guide"

•The Sunday Times

"Engagingly fresh and vivid account"

•The Sunday Telegraph

"One of the most exciting, cliff-hanging stories in world history, told extraordinarily well"

•Kirkus Review

"Swiftly paced, useful guide to understanding the long enmity between Islam and Christianity."

•Sunday Times

"One of the great turning points in world history is vividly re-created in Cowley’s account, which gives a fresh vitality to a story that has been told and retold for 500 years."

About the Author/作者介绍： Roger Crowley1951年出生，曾受教于劍橋大學。作為一名海軍家庭的孩子，早期在馬耳的生活經歷促使他對歷史和地中海世界文化產生了濃厚興趣。學校放假後，他在希臘悠閒地渡過了自己的暑假；大學畢業後他花了一年的時間深入研究地中海歷史文化，不在伊斯坦布爾教授英語的閒置時間，他會去探索城市和步行穿越土耳其西部大部分地區。近年來他環遊旅行希臘世界，包括兩次造訪拜占庭傳統的精神家園，希臘聖山阿陀斯山。所有這一切促使他完成了第一本完整美觀的歷史書籍，《Constantinople: The Last Great Siege/1453，君士坦丁堡：最後一次的大圍攻/1453》（2005年）。他的第二本書，《Empires of the Sea/帝國的海域（2008年），是這段戲劇性歷史的延續：十六世紀，偉大的奧斯曼帝國和奧地利的哈普斯堡王朝為控制地中海地球而展開的爭奪。這部書被2009年度英國《星期日泰晤士報》評為年度歷史圖書大獎，並成為《紐約時報》的暢銷書。《City of Fortune》自由輕鬆地完成了關於地中海地區歷史的三部曲。

Roger Crowley studied at Cambridge University. A former teacher, he has lived and worked in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), and now resides near Cheltenham, England. He is the author three books on the history of the Mediterranean.

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：SOLD

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：•UK: Faber •US: Hyperion •Holland: Mouria •Greece: Oceanida •Turkey: April Publishing •Russia: AST •Brazil: Rosari •Italy: Mondadori •Germany: Theiss •Indonesia: Pustaka Alvabet •Poland: Rebis •China: Social Sciences Press •Denmark: Rosenkilde & Bahnhof •Spain: Atico

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