Crying the war: drumming-up troops in a Turkish village. King Ferdinand’s sword-arm: the Bulgarian commander-in-chief. The Turkish navy and army’s concerted action on the Tchataldja lines. Seeker of the price of neutrality in the Near East. “The Illustrated London News” as surgical appliance in war. The fall of “the most strongly fortified place in the Balkans”: taking Adrianople. Ivanhoe : [inhoudende de geschiedenis van Ivanhoe, wapenrusting, schilden, wapens, toernooien en steekspelen, munten, burchten en kastelen, ridderschap en alles wat de scherpzinnige lezer kan …