by Mika Waltari · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439584230
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«El sitio de Constantinopla» is the historical novel by Mika Waltari, published by Planeta DeAgostini in paperback (412 pages, in Spanish).
In 1453, Turkish troops lay siege to Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire and bridge between East and West. The novel portrays the city's last days as its inhabitants, trapped between two worlds, witness a seemingly inexorable fate. Waltari combines episodes of siege, political tensions and personal dramas in an age of transformation.
This novel was originally published in 1952 as Johannes Angelos and opens Mika Waltari's series of the same name.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the Middle Ages, the Byzantine Empire and the fall of Constantinople.
Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian. He was extremely productive; Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stories, crime novels, plays, essays, travel stories, film scripts, and rhymed texts for comic strips by Asmo Alho.
