William Jackson Brodribb and Walter Besant, ConstantinopleA Sketch of its History from its Foundation to its Conquest by the Turks in 1453… (1879)
“ N this little volume it is intended to present a sketch of the leading events of the history of Constantinople during a period of about 2,000 years. It begins with the slight and meagre accounts which have come down to us of its foundation as Byzantium, and it ends with the conquest of the Turks in 1453, when the Eastern empire finally ceased to exist. The narrative does not profess to be complete and exhaustive. Nor is it mainly based on original sources. It is, for the most part, a compilation. ”
