title: The Arms of Greece and Her Balkan Neighbors in the Ottoman Period
author:  Robert Elgood 
description: Robert Elgood is a world authority on the arms and armor of the Islamic world. He is Research Fellow in Eastern European, Islamic and Asian Arms and Armour at the Wallace Collection, London, and a consultant to a number of Middle Eastern museums.
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  Chapter 1
  
  
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  “Now Lady Eleanor, why would you worry your pretty little head about such
  matters?”
  
  
  There was no way her expression could be deemed a smile, but Eleanor Chalcroft
  managed to deliver a pleasant curve of her lips despite the aggravated clench
  of her teeth.
  
  
  “I assure you, Lord Elphinstone,” she replied in a close approximation of a
  gentle tone of voice. “I am not the least bit worried. I simply wondered why
  the Turks wanted Greece in the first place.”
  
  
  Lord Elphinstone chuckled as if she had made the wittiest comment and turned
  back to the small group surrounding her and her father. The men were
  discussing the recent capture of the Acropolis by the Turks. Truly, she
  thought as she allowed her gaze to drift over the swirling masses of ball
  gowns at the de Wynter ball, she had absolutely no interest in acropolises or
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