Freely, John, <br/><br/>
The Grand Turk :  Sultan Mehmet II, Conqueror of Constantinople and Master of an Empire / 
John Freely. 
 - First edition. 
 - xvii, 265 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251) and index. 
<br/><br/>The sons of Osman -- The boy Sultan -- The conquest of Constantinople -- Istanbul, capital of the Ottoman Empire -- Europe in terror -- War with Venice -- The house of Felicity -- The Renaissance court in Istanbul -- The conquest of Negroponte -- Victory over the White Sheep -- Conquest of the Crimea and Albania -- The siege of Rhodes -- The capture of Otranto -- Death of the conqueror -- The sons of the conqueror -- The tide of conquest turns -- The conqueror's city. 
<br/><br/> A portrait of the Turkish conqueror offers insight into the factors and characteristics that enabled his capture of Constantinople; his thirty-year reign; and his confrontations in the face of papal crusades. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781590202487 1590202481 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016498365 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Mehmed II,  Sultan of the Turks,  1432-1481. <br/>Mehmed II,  Sultan of the Turks,  1432-1481. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1451-1481 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Kings and rulers.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Turkey--History--Mehmed II, 1451-1481.<br/>Turkey--Kings and rulers--Biography.<br/>Turkey.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History<br/>Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DR501  / .F74 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956.1/01/52092