Place Called Armageddon (e-bog) af Humphreys, Chris
Humphreys, Chris (forfatter)

Place Called Armageddon e-bog

135,33 DKK (inkl. moms 169,16 DKK)
'A great tale, finely woven with action, palpably real characters and terrific twists of fate' Simon Scarrow'Bernard Cornwell is good, but Humphreys is better' Historical Novels ReviewAn epic new novel about one of Western civilisation's most traumatic events - the Fall of Constantinople...Constantinople. For a thousand years, the city was the heart of the vast Byzantine empire. Beloved of Gree...
E-bog 135,33 DKK
Forfattere Humphreys, Chris (forfatter)
Forlag Orion
Udgivet 21 juli 2011
Genrer 1DTT-TR-A
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781409114888
'A great tale, finely woven with action, palpably real characters and terrific twists of fate' Simon Scarrow'Bernard Cornwell is good, but Humphreys is better' Historical Novels ReviewAn epic new novel about one of Western civilisation's most traumatic events - the Fall of Constantinople...Constantinople. For a thousand years, the city was the heart of the vast Byzantine empire. Beloved of Greeks. Coveted by Turks.1453. The empire has shrunk to what lies within its no-longer magnificent walls. Yet for one man, Constantinople is the stepping stone to destiny. Mehmet 11, just twenty when he is anointed Sultan, brings an army of one hundred thousand, outnumbering the defenders ten to one, and the most deadly threat the city has ever faced - the largest cannon in the world. But a city is more than stone, its fate inseparable from its citizens'. Like Gregoras, mercenary and exile, returning to the hated place he once loved. Theon, his twin - and betrayer. Sofia, loved by two brothers, forced to choose between them. And Leilah, mystic and assassin, seeking her own destiny in the flames...