by Mika Waltari · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435017718
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«El sitio de Constantinopla» is the historical novel by Mika Waltari, published by Edhasa in paperback (432 pages, in Spanish).
In 1453, the Ottomans besiege Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, in its final days. The mysterious Giovanni Angelos, feared and admired, stars in a love story with Ana, daughter of the megaduke Lucas Notaras. Waltari portrays the city's atmosphere and reveals the secret that leads Angelos to a lost cause.
It belongs to Edhasa's Pocket collection, number 271. Translation by José Antonio González Cofreces.
For fans of historical fiction, especially those interested in the Byzantine Empire and the siege of Constantinople in 1453.
Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian. He was extremely productive; Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stories, crime novels, plays, essays, travel stories, film scripts, and rhymed texts for comic strips by Asmo Alho.
