The Good News Reaches Miss Stone
Two days after the ransom was paid, Miss Ellen Stone received a letter from Dr. House. The letter was delivered by the brigands while...
Secrecy Demanded by the Brigands
The kidnappers, or brigands, made very specific demands before accepting the ransom. First, they insisted that the payment be made in gold coins, not...
The Kidnapping of Mme
Branzian and the Ransom Agreement
Mme. Branzian, a French woman, was kidnapped in the year 1896. The people who took her demanded a ransom of...
Mount Bulgurlu
Mount Bulgurlu and Skutari’s Sacred Resting Places
Mount Bulgurlu, towering 850 feet above sea level in Skutari, offers a captivating experience with its panoramic views...
Beylerbey Palace
Glimpse into Ottoman Grandeur
Selim, it is said, changed his mind after three years. Upon learning from the Bostanji-bashi that his son’s sentence had not...
Zoe and Theodora part 98
147. These two friends were John Xiphilinus, a native of Trebizond, who had been appointed Professor of Law (Nomophylax) in the University of Constantinople...
Zoe and Theodora part 97
116. In September 1047.
117. The army of the East was at this time engaged in Armenia Magna.
118. In the part near the monastery of...
Zoe and Theodora part 96
105. The protospatharius Pardus owed his appointment as successor to Maniaces not to any outstanding ability but to the fact that he was known...
Zoe and Theodora part 95
97. Sclerena was a niece of Pulcheria, sister of Romanus Sclerus and grand-daughter of Bardas. She had shared Constantine’s exile on Lesbos. She was...
