Book Info enlarge picture 1453   Author: Roger Crowley ISBN: 1401301916 Format: Publish Date:         /bookfreeway/freewaycompare?isbn=1401301916&src=1453          Book Review From Publishers Weekly On May 29, 1453, Ottoman forces, under the leadership of Mehmet II, concluded their long and bloody siege of Constantinople by storming the city and overtaking it. According to Crowley, who works in publishing in England;the Ottoman conquest of the city brought to an end centuries of conflict between the Byzantine Empire and Islam. In overwhelming detail and colorless prose, Crowley...