{"product_id":"byzantium-9780140114485","title":"Byzantium","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1929, John Julius Norwich served in the foreign office for twelve years before resigning in 1964 in order to write. His many publications include his two-book history published by Penguin in one volume entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Normans in Sicily\u003c\/i\u003e; two travel books, \u003ci\u003eMount Athos \u003c\/i\u003e(with Reresby Sitwell) and \u003ci\u003eSahara\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Southern England\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGlyndebourne\u003c\/i\u003e; three anthologies of poetry and prose, \u003ci\u003eChristmas Crackers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMore Christmas Crackers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStill More Christmas Crackers\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA History of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e; and his three-volume history of the Byzantine empire of which this is the first, \u003ci\u003eByzantium: The Apogee \u003c\/i\u003eis the second, and \u003ci\u003eByzantium: The Decline and Fall\u003c\/i\u003e is the third. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Geographical Society and the Society of Antiquaries, a Companion of the Royal Victorian Order and a Commendatore of the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKrum (800-14); the return of iconoclasm (814-29); Theophilus (829-42); the images restored (842-56); of patriarchs and plots (857-66); double murder (866-7); Basil the Macedonian (867-86); Leo the Wise (886-912); the rise of Romanus (912-20); the gentle usurper (920-48); the scholar emperor (945-63); the white death of the Saracens (963-9); John Tzimisces (969-76); the young Basil (976-89) the Bulgar-Slayer (989-1025); the decline begins (1025-41); the end of the Paphlagonians (1041-2); Constantine Monomachus and the schism (1042-55); prelude to catastrophe (1055-9); Manzikert (1059-81). List of emperors; list of Muslim sultans; list of patriarchs; list of popes.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017563275607,"sku":"9780140114485","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140114485.jpg?v=1750773954","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/byzantium-9780140114485","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}