從東西教會結的樑子、各國事前事後的反應、雙方事前準備、拜占庭式邏輯、城防、武器到戰術等很順的講到結尾
算是相當易讀的書
當然如過事前知道附近地名的話，讀起來會更輕鬆

我原先知道這是大炮發威的一場戰役，且攻下的時間相當短(相較於圍城)
就以為土耳其打的挺輕鬆
原來是打到再不攻下來就要被逼退的程度了
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以簡轉繁的書籍之中，本書處理的接近完美
留意到的破綻是「借此」，讓我起疑心去查了一下譯者國籍
雖然字義上好像不算錯但台灣習慣上是用「藉此」
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如果有機會去土耳其
好想參觀聖索菲亞大教堂以及附近例如蘇萊曼清真寺的大型清真寺啊 ( )

Engaging style, but plays fast and loose, e.g. Constantinople's interactions with Rome, concurrent events in Europe, and especially with terminology like "rifles", "muskets", "galleys", which a serious historian would not have done. Decent and readable though. ( )

Even though you know what happened, the how it happened will keep you coming back . ( )

I really enjoyed this. It's a good narrative of a time period I didn't have a lot of familiarity to begin with, and it manages to give enough baseline information for a newbie in an engaging way while moving the story along. Loved how 1453 covers political, warfare tactics, religious implications and culture seamlessly. ( )

A fine, if at times sensationalistic, recounting of the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman armies in 1453. Crowley largely limits himself to telling the narrative of events, based on the various (at times unreliable or contradictory) written sources by eyewitnesses or contemporary historians. A richer book would have looked at the why as well as the what, exploring the structural factors behind the rise of the Ottomans from disaster a mere generation before (when they were crushed by Tamerlane), behind the Byzantine decline, behind the Italian presence in the east, etc. But 1453 wasn't bad for lacking this, merely less deep than it could have been. Read this to get the story and look elsewhere for the meaning. ( )