The Dark Angel (Waltari)
Encyclopedia
The Dark Angel is a novel
by Finnish
author Mika Waltari
about a hopeless love affair during the Fall of Constantinople
. The Finnish version was originally published in 1952, with an English edition being published in Great Britain in 1953.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
author Mika Waltari
Mika Waltari
Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian .- Early life :...
about a hopeless love affair during the Fall of Constantinople
Fall of Constantinople
The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire, which occurred after a siege by the Ottoman Empire, under the command of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, against the defending army commanded by Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI...
. The Finnish version was originally published in 1952, with an English edition being published in Great Britain in 1953.
External Links
- Online exceprt
- Review in "The Diary Review"
- Mika Waltari and Constantinople from the Authors' Calendar website
- Decline and Fall Time magazine review, pub. 8 June, 1953
- Review at Historical Novels Info website