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Norwich, John Julius

A Short History of Byzantium

Penguin, 1997

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Year of publication
1997
ISBN
0140259600
Place of printing
London
Author
Norwich, John Julius
Publishers
Penguin
Edition
1st Pbk Edition
Keyword
BYZANTIUM. CONSTANTINOPLE ISTANBUL BYZANTINE EMPIRE HISTORY
Binding description
S
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

"With wit, intelligence and an unerring eye for riveting detail, the author tells the dramatic history of Byzantium from its beginnings in AD 330 when Constantine the Great moved the imperial capital from Rome to the site of an old Greek port in Asia Minor called Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople, to its rise as the first and most long-lasting Christian empire, to its final heroic days and eventual defeat by the Turks in 1453. A spirited, gripping, and original acount of one of the greatestt lost civilizations and its magnificent cultural heritage. " 431p. plates.bibliography, table. index.