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| "Norwich is always on the lookout for the small but revealing details. . . . All of this he recounts in a style that consistently entertains." --The New York Times Book Review In this magisterial adaptation of his epic three-volume history of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich chronicles the worlds longest-lived Christian empire. Beginning with Constantine the Great, who in a.d. 330 made Christianity the religion of his realm and then transferred its capital to the city that would bear his name, Norwich follows the course of eleven centuries of Byzantine statecraft and warfare, politics and theology, manners and art.In the pages of A Short History of Byzantium we encounter mystics and philosophers, eunuchs and barbarians, and rulers of fantastic erudition, piety, and degeneracy. We enter the life of an empire that could create some of the world's most transcendent religious art and then destroy it in the convulsions of fanaticism. Stylishly written and overflowing with drama, pathos, and wit, here is a matchl |
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John Julius Norwich |
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World |
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History |
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Daily Telegraph (London): "He offers character sketches of the frequently appalling personages who infest his narrative, and does so with the self-confident assurance of a Macaulay or a Gibbon...It is human even when contemplating humanity; it is witty; and it tells a remarkable story with boundless zest.", Levi, Peter, Independent (London): "He is brilliant...He writes like the most cultivated modern diplomat attached by a freak of time to the Byzantine court, with intimate knowledge, tactful judgment, and a consciousness of the surviving monuments." |
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Book Editions
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- Audio - Audio Cassette
- Unabridged
- August 01, 1999
- Recorded Books
- 9780788731051
, - Paperback
- Reprint
- December 01, 1998
- Vintage Books
- 8.25"(h) x 5"(w) x 1"(d), 1 lbs.
- 9780679772699
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