: Nicholas (nwhyte) wrote,
2011-11-27 11:57:00

Nicholas
nwhyte
2011-11-27 11:57:00

Gibbon Chapter LXVIII: The Fall of Constantinople

Constantinople falls to the Turks. A brilliantly written chapter. See also my notes on the cannon, transporting your navy over land, Voltaire, Samuel Johnson and astronomy, and the astrological timing of the final assault.

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Gibbon Chapter LXVIII: The Fall of Constantinople

Once & Future vol. 1: The King Is Undead and vol. 2: Old English, by Kieron Gillen et al

The Young H.G. Wells: Changing the World, by Claire Tomalin

Barbarella, by Jean-Claude Forest, adapted by Kelly Sue DeConnick

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