The story of the Fourth Crusade is a tale of twists, turns and dastardly political intrigue. It resulted in the sack of one of the greatest cities the world has known!
This was the story that made me so fascinated with History as a child and I love telling it again in this visit to Istanbul in 2020.
To find out more about the Fourth Crusade, definitely have a look at the primary accounts of Niketas Choniates (for the Byzantine perspective) and Geoffrey Villehardouin (the Latin side) below:
Villehardouin [ Ссылка ]
Choniates [ Ссылка ]
