The Destruction of the Greek Empire and the Story of the Capture of Constantinople by the Turks
Edwin Pears
History
Book language: English
508 pages
A historical study of the destruction of the Greek Empire and the Turkish capture of Constantinople. It traces the empire’s story from the Latin conquest of 1204 to the fall of the city in 1453, and the rise of the power that replaced it. Listeners interested in Byzantine and Ottoman history will find a detailed account.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE GREEK EMPIRE The Destruction of the Greek Empire and the Story of the Capture of Constantinople by the Turks BY EDWIN PEARS, LL.B. Knight of the Greek Order of the Saviour and Commander of the Bulgarian Order of Merit Author of ‘The Fall of Constantinople: being the Story of the Fourth Crusade’ WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1903 All rights reserved PREFACE My object in writing this book is to give an account of the capture of Constantinople and the destruction of the Greek empire. In order to make the story intelligible and to explain its significance I have given a summary of the history of the empire between the Latin conquest in 1204
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