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The Fall of Constantinople 1453
History
Runciman's precise, mournful account of the last days of the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman siege that ended a thousand-year civilization in a single week. Graham listed it on his RAQ history page as a model of concentrated historical narrative — a single event whose consequences radiate outward for centuries.
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Paul Graham
From PG's RAQ history list; a model of focused historical narrative around a single transformative event.