Ottoman

Alan Savage

first published 1990 Sphere, 1991 hardcover

In 1448 an English master-gunner, John Hawkwood, arrives in Constantinople. He intends to enter the service of the Byzantine Emperor, whose capital is this astonishing meeting place of East and West - now in dire threat from the Ottoman Turks. But even gunpowder cannot prevail and, in 1453, Constantinople falls to the foe. By fate the Hawkwoods have already changed allegiance, and now serve the conquerors in their v...

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Ottoman hardcover · 1991 · Sphere · 9780708869376
Ottoman paperback · 1991 · Time Warner Books UK · 608 pages · 9780708843550
Ottoman paperback · 1991 · Time Warner Books UK · 726 pages · 9780751512441
Ottoman hardcover · 1990 · Time Warner Books UK · 800 pages · 9780356191256

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