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THE


FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE


BEING THE

STORY OF THE FOURTH CRUSADE


BY

EDWIN PEARS, LL.B.

BARRISTER-AT-LAW
LATE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN BAR AT CONSTANTINOPLE, AND
KNIGHT OF THE GREEK ORDER OF THE SAVIOUR


"Der Geschichtschreiber ist ein umgekehrter Prophet."—Hegel


NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
1886