Bizzaro!'s review
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
by Roger Crowley
Wouldn't the movie be more like 300 than LOTR?
Maybe LOTR with a touch of 300. But with the giant cannons the Turks had bombarding the city, and the waves of attacks on the walls, I kept picturing LOTR battles like Helms Deep. But I could see a little 300 happening at the end where Constantine and his most loyal men fight on even as the city is lost.
Bizzaro!'s review
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley
Bizzaro!'s review
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NOV. 19th, 2007: Finished the book and am now reading through all the sources and such. Sorta like extras on a good DVD. I wish I had a real work ethic. I'd turn this into an epic graphic novel and then a few years later get it turned into the most gigantic epic battle movie. It'd be like LOTR without having to tolerate those stupid elves! For all the history lovers but I think this book is written in a friendly enough voice, that it can read almost as a piece of fiction. Almost.
It's fascinating to look back at how schizms in christianity cost it one of it's greatest cities, and gave Islam a major foothold on the European continent. 200 years later, the Turks were finally turned back at the gates of Vienna, but if the Italians or countries of the Balkans had sent forces, the world would be completely different.
It's fascinating to look back at how schizms in christianity cost it one of it's greatest cities, and gave Islam a major foothold on the European continent. 200 years later, the Turks were finally turned back at the gates of Vienna, but if the Italians or countries of the Balkans had sent forces, the world would be completely different.
Wouldn't the movie be more like 300 than LOTR?
Maybe LOTR with a touch of 300. But with the giant cannons the Turks had bombarding the city, and the waves of attacks on the walls, I kept picturing LOTR battles like Helms Deep. But I could see a little 300 happening at the end where Constantine and his most loyal men fight on even as the city is lost.