A History of the World Conqueror
The Fourth Crusade Just over 800 years ago, on 13th April, 1204, the Fourth Crusade sacked the city of Constantinople, capital of the former Byzantine Empire, in an orgy of slaughter, rape and...
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A History of the World Conqueror by Juvaini. I’m waiting for Manchester University Press and UNESCO to get back to me. Copyright looks like it’s clouded. I decided to print me a private version of...
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The theme for the April 2014 Short Story Competition (Creative Writing on My Telegraph) is Language. Gun Law comes to 2,950 words and topically, is set in the Crimea. Get involved and vote here....
View ArticleTurkey and the West
I was browsing the Guardian’s guide to Istanbul when I noticed the district, Üsküdar, on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. I first came across Üsküdar when researching the Bony M song Rasputin.“That...
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