Constantinople：The Last Great Siege, 1453

RogerCrowleyreadEnglishatCambridgebeforegoingtoliveinIstanbul.HisparticularinterestsaretheByzantine,Venetian,andOttomanempires,seafaring,andeyewitnesshistory.HeistheauthorofthreebooksontheempiresoftheMediterraneananditssurroundings:Constantinople:thelastgreatsiege(2005),EmpiresoftheSea(2008)andCityofFortune:HowVenicewonandlostanavalempire(2011).Hiswebsiteaddressiswww.rogercrowley.co.uk,whereheblogsabouthistory.