The Fall of Constantinople Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Historical account of the Islamic invasion of the last remaining Christian city of the old Byzantine Empire, really the Christian Roman Empire that ruled until the rise of Islamic swords. "

" The best single volume on the fall of the Roman Empire to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. "

" While their victory ensured the Turks' survival, the conquest of Constantinople marked the end of Byzantine civilization for the Greeks, by triggering the scholarly exodus that caused an influx of Classical studies into the European Renaissance. "

" This history on the Fall of Constantinople had a very slow start, mainly because I was not familiar with all the names and places leading up to the main story line. Once the pre-fall history was established and the actual details of the fall of the city were underway, the book was riveting. It always amazes me what life, ware, and politics were like centuries before us. Were it not for the slow start, I would have given it 4 stars. "

" Good description of the fall of Constantinople, no more no less "

" I had to read this for an undergraduate history class in college and loved it. The section that describes what happened to the occupants of the city after the fall is very hard to get through, especially if you're a parent, but this is top quality history. "

" everything a history lover would want to know about this "

" A little light for my taste overall, though there are some important revelations. Descriptions of the actual "fall", leaving the door ajar, were wonderful. Runciman is top shelf. "

" Excellent and lucid account of the fall of the longest-lived empire in the history of civilization by the master of medieval history. "

" Se lee estupendamente, como si fuese una novela pero con el rigor de Runciman. "

" The classic and still definitive study of the fall of Constantinople. Informative and accurate, but, since it is from 1965, a little dry. "

" Colossal! Did you think that all those scenes of Helm's Deep and the Pelennor Fields were original? This is the story of the most intersting and consequential battles in history. Read and be blown away! "

" A bit dated at this point, but Runciman is kind of the authority on Byzantium and this is excellent foundational reading. "

" This was my introduction to the fall of Constantinople. Dry and competent. "

" A book that manages to be both an intelligent historical work and a deeply moving tragedy with all the artistic grace of a landmark novel. "

" Scholarly look at the fall of Constantinople. "

" Un recit haletant de la fin heroique de l Empire qui resista mille ans en depit de l'abandon - toujours- et de la trahison - souvent des grandes puissances europeennes de l epoque... "

" What is it about hopeless causes that can be so engrossing? Even tho the outcome was obvious, I found myself following the story to its bitter end, and admiring the participants on both sides of the conflict, and also despairing of them. "

" I expected more from Runciman. This book IS filled to the brim with detail, though. "

" It was obvious how this was going to end. Runciman did an excellent job explaining how Europe let Constantinople fall to Mehmet. "

" Colossal! Did you think that all those scenes of Helm's Deep and the Pelennor Fields were original? This is the story of the most intersting and consequential battles in history. Read and be blown away! "

" The best single volume on the fall of the Roman Empire to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. "

" A little light for my taste overall, though there are some important revelations. Descriptions of the actual "fall", leaving the door ajar, were wonderful. Runciman is top shelf. "

" Scholarly look at the fall of Constantinople. "

" Historical account of the Islamic invasion of the last remaining Christian city of the old Byzantine Empire, really the Christian Roman Empire that ruled until the rise of Islamic swords. "

" yep, great! This is the best of four 'classic' tales that I have read of the last days of Constantinople. Historical, rigorous, lifelike in its vividness of people and situations 555 years ago. "