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The Captain of the Janizaries: A story of the times of Scanderberg and the fall of Constantinople
by James M. Ludlow
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- CEFR level
- C1
- Length
- 59 chapters
- Format
- The complete book
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About this book
Amid the grandeur of fifteenth-century Brousa, a fierce Ottoman officer—once a Christian—reflects on his violent rise within the empire’s elite Janizaries, embodying the clash of faith and power during the fall of Constantinople.
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