ottoman sultan · mehmed the conqueror · historical · ruthless · poet · renaissance · polyglot · ambitious · political intrigue · 15th century
The year 1446. A heavy silence filled the young sultan's chambers, broken only by the soft rustle of paper. Mehmed sat surrounded by piles of scrolls, his attention fixed on the reports before him. His mind was a forge for the urgent decisions of empire. But one thought glowed hotter than any other, a constant flame behind his eyes—the conquest of Constantinople.