SHORT HISTORY OF BYZANTIUM

SHORT HISTORY OF BYZANTIUM

A Short History of Byzantium is renowned historian, and author of A History of Venice, John Julius Norwich's classic history of Byzantium Constantine the Great moved the seat of Roman power to Constantinople in AD 330 and for eleven brutal, bloody centuries, the Byzantine Empire became a beacon of grand magnificence and depraved decadence . . .

Here then are the centuries dominated by ferocious arguments over the nature of Christ and his Church. By knowledge, where scholars and scribes preserved the heritage of the ancient world. By emperors like Justinian the Great and Basil the Bulgar-Slayer - men pious, heroic or monstrous.

By creativity, as art and architecture soared to new heights. In this abridgement of his celebrated trilogy, John Julius Norwich provides the definitive introduction to the savage, scintillating world of Byzantium. 'Norwich has the gift of historical perspective, as well as clarity and wit.

Few can tell a good story better than he' Spectator'A real-life epic of love and war, accessible to anyone' Independent on Sunday'Norwich tells a remarkable story with boundless zest. He offers character sketches of the appalling personages who infest his narrative . .

. with the assurance of a Macauley or a Gibbon' Daily TelegraphJohn Julius Norwich was born in 1929. He was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto, at Eton, at the University of Strasbourg and, after a spell of National Service in the Navy, at New College, Oxford, where he took a degree in French and Russian.

In 1952 he joined the Foreign Service, where he remained for twelve years, serving at the embassies in Belgrade and Beirut. In 1964 he resigned from the service to write. He is the author of histories of Norman Sicily, the Republic of Venice and the Byzantine Empire.

He has written and presented some thirty historical documentaries on television, and is a regular lecturer on Venice and numerous other subjects.

€22.50 €22.50

Κατόπιν παραγγελίας

ISBN: 978-0-241-95305-1
BarCode: 9780241953051
Εκδότης: Penguin
Ημερομηνία Έκδοσης: 03-2013
Εξώφυλλο: Paperback
Σελίδες: 512
Δραστηριότητα: Ξενόγλωσσα
Οικογένεια: Ξενόγλωσσα Λογοτεχνικά
Ομάδα: Αγγλικά
Κατηγορία: Επιστημονικά/Βιογραφίες

Σχετικά προϊόντα

Εμφάνιση: Πλέγμα / Λίστα

THE NUTCRACKER

€17.30
ISBN: 978-1-4749-6803-4
Συγγραφέας: Fiona Watt
Εκδότης: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Υπάρχει στο καλάθι
Υπάρχει στο καλάθι

MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP

€25.20
ISBN: 978-0-06-326045-0
Συγγραφέας: Jenny Colgan
Εκδότης: Harper Collins
Υπάρχει στο καλάθι

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS

€12.00
ISBN: 978-1-84391-590-4
Συγγραφέας: L.Frank Baum
Εκδότης: Hesperus Press Ltd
Υπάρχει στο καλάθι

TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

€21.20
ISBN: 978-0-09-959505-2
Συγγραφέας: Debbie Macomber
Εκδότης: Cornerstone
Υπάρχει στο καλάθι

THE TIME INHERITORS

€115.99
ISBN: 979-8-85-580190-3
Υπάρχει στο καλάθι

CHRISTMAS WITH THE QUEEN

€14.60
ISBN: 978-0-00-855649-5
Συγγραφέας: Hazel Gaynor , Heather Webb
Εκδότης: Harper Collins
Υπάρχει στο καλάθι

FLESH

€19.90
ISBN: 978-0-224-09979-0
Εκδότης: Vintage
Υπάρχει στο καλάθι

CHOOSING TO RUN : A MEMOIR

€38.50
ISBN: 978-0-593-18664-0
Εκδότης: Penguin Putnam Inc
Υπάρχει στο καλάθι

MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP

€19.90
ISBN: 978-1-4087-2621-1
Συγγραφέας: Jenny Colgan
Εκδότης: Little Brown
Υπάρχει στο καλάθι

THE SECRET HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS

€22.60
ISBN: 978-1-5263-6807-2
Συγγραφέας: Catherine Saunders
Εκδότης: Hachette Children's Group
Υπάρχει στο καλάθι

Αξιολογήστε το βιβλίο:


Αξιολογήσεις: