On Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 09:33 PM, Ian sympatico wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Turkel" <zizban at adelphia.net> > To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:17 PM > Subject: Re: Odd Ref Books (was: Book Ref for Steve) > > >> While in England in March, I read the "The Fall of Constantinople". It >> is a history, but like Steve mentioned about his book, it reads like an >> adventure novel. It's quite good and is worth reading. > > Sounds Good, I am into Byzantine history > > Ian It's called "The Fall of Constantinople 1453" By Steven Runciman Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-039832-0 It paints a sad portraits of how the mistakes by the Byzantines in the centuries before the fall only hastened their demise and that if if any one mistake had not been made, Constantinople might have lasted a few centuries longer. Also interesting is the last Emperor, Constantine, was the right man for the job--he was just born about 250 years too late. ------ Chris Turkel Guru, Dragaera Readalong List http://dragaera.info