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THE EMPRESSES OF CONSTANTINOPLE


[Illustration: ANCIENT CONSTANTINOPLE, SHOWING THE HIPPODROME, THE
IMPERIAL PALACE, AND THE MOSQUE OF S. SOPHIA

FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION BY DJELAL ESSAD AFTER THE PLAN BY LABARTE]


THE EMPRESSES OF CONSTANTINOPLE

by

JOSEPH McCABE

Author of “The Empresses of Rome,” etc.

With Eight Illustrations


[Illustration: ARTI _