The Owls of Afrasiab

Fülszöveg

The battle between Islam and Christianity precipitating the fall of
Constantinople was an event that for ever changed the course of history.
Breathtakingly rendering the internal struggle of the Byzantine capital
under deadly constriction, and the occult high-stake political game
surrounding it, The Owls of Afrasiab also tells the story of the dangerous
passion uniting the Genoese commander leading the city's defence with
Hadije, one of the wives of the late Sultan Murad, determined to avenge
ambitious Sultan Mehmet II
In the midst of the siege Hadije,manages to get inside the city walls. The
subsequent encounter with Commander Longo results in loVe at first
sight and a conjuration of spirits dedicated to kill Mehmet before he
takes the city. The plan, of course, turns out to be impracticable. The
enemy is now not only outside the gates, but also actively conspiring
from within. It seems an honest man and warrior can do nothing but
stand by his word and sword until... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The battle between Islam and Christianity precipitating the fall of
Constantinople was an event that for ever changed the course of history.
Breathtakingly rendering the internal struggle of the Byzantine capital
under deadly constriction, and the occult high-stake political game
surrounding it, The Owls of Afrasiab also tells the story of the dangerous
passion uniting the Genoese commander leading the city's defence with
Hadije, one of the wives of the late Sultan Murad, determined to avenge
ambitious Sultan Mehmet II
In the midst of the siege Hadije,manages to get inside the city walls. The
subsequent encounter with Commander Longo results in loVe at first
sight and a conjuration of spirits dedicated to kill Mehmet before he
takes the city. The plan, of course, turns out to be impracticable. The
enemy is now not only outside the gates, but also actively conspiring
from within. It seems an honest man and warrior can do nothing but
stand by his word and sword until he falls. Meanwhile, a woman's got to
do what a woman's got to do ,
A dazzling drama enacted at a pivotal point in European history, when
the luminous ideas of the Renaissance begin to gain ascendancy over
medieval darkness. Churchmen still squabble over the use of
prepositions in dogma, humanists look for answers to new questions in
arcane sciences, while eager merchants of Italian republics seek ways to
hold on to their dominions, rapidly dwindling under the mounting
threat of an enemy growing more menacing by the minute: the Ottoman,
Islamic Turk. Vissza