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Byzantium: The Decline and Fall
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ISBN 9780679416500
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UPDATED: 03/15/26
Byzantium: The Decline and Fall

Byzantium: The Decline and Fall


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  • Byzantium: The Decline and Fall available on November 21 2014 from Amazon for 63.93
  • ISBN bar code 9780679416500 ξ3 registered May 04 2015
  • ISBN bar code 9780679416500 ξ4 registered November 21 2014
  • ISBN bar code 9780679416500 ξ2 registered April 21 2012
  • ISBN bar code 9780679416500 ξ1 registered April 21 2012
  • Product category is Book
  • Manufacturered by Knopf


References
    ^ (1995). Byzantium: The Decline and Fall, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. (revised Apr 2012)
    ^ (1995). 9780679416500, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. (revised Sep 2012)
    ^ The Decline and Fall Vol. 3 by John Julius Norwich (1995, Hardcover) (revised May 2015)
    ^ (1995). Byzantium: The Decline and Fall, Knopf. Amazon. (revised Nov 2014)

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Before I read this book, I knew nothing about Byzantium. So I was a bit overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, and realized after I started that I had made a mistake; I didn't realize when I bought this book that it was the third volume of a three-volume set. Doubtless, it would have been less overwhelming to start at the beginning, especially for someone like me, with no previous knowledge of the subject. Still, I learned a great deal from this book; not only was it informative, but it wasn't near..
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Others have written at length about the scholarship and erudition. The Byzantium trilogy is indeed an excellent addition to my history bookshelf. If you need any encouragement to buy it, then just read a couple of the footnotes: "neither the imperial army nor Alexius Comnenus the emerges with much credit from the bloodbath of Levunium." footnote: "Anna Comnena (in The Alexiad, a history) exonerates her father from any involvement in the massacre, but then she would, wouldn't she?" Or regarding the Em..
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The final volume of Norwich's Byzantine history is a literary trimph, despite the disintegrating nature of the civilization being written about. In this volume Norwich begins in the aftermath of the battle of Manzikert in 1071 and finishes with the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453. Norwich uses his elegant prose style to present this tragic story in a highly moving way.
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