The Destruction of the Greek Empire and the Story of the Capture of Constantinople by the Turks
Sir Edwin Pears, a British lawyer and historian who lived for decades in Constantinople, published The Destruction of the Greek Empire and the Story of the Capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1903. He first sums up the history of the Byzantine Empire between the Latin conquest of 1204 and the fall of the city, tracing the rise of the Ottoman Turks, the decline of Byzantine power and the attempts to win help from the West, before describing in detail the siege of 1453: the forces on each side, the great cannon of Mehmed II, the defense led by the emperor Constantine XI and the Genoese Giustiniani, and the final assault. It remains a vivid, carefully researched account. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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