{"product_id":"the-end-of-byzantium-9780300187915","title":"The End of Byzantium","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis interesting study, full of analysis and insight, traces the fortunes of the Byzantine Empire in the fifteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Harris interrogates the evidence sensitively … showing how the realities of power in the Eastern Mediterranean rendered simple notions of patriotism and heroism irrelevant. … What Harris's lucid narrative demonstrates is that there was no clear East-West, Muslim-Christian split.' - \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e“Harris offers plenty of serious scholarship, and a useful amount of background.”—John Hinton, \u003ci\u003eCatholic Herald\u003c\/i\u003e -- John Hinton * Catholic Herald *\u003cbr\u003e\"Lucid; extremely well written with an excellent array of quotes and spread of information.\"—Michael Angold, \u003ci\u003eReviews In History\u003c\/i\u003e -- Michael Angold * Reviews in History *\u003cbr\u003e\"Harris is fully in command of this Islamic conquest and records a saga seething with treachery and avarice with rich political overtones and giant cannonades. Christendom is at flashpoint in this scholarly journey into a barbaric age.\"—Colin Gardner, \u003ci\u003eOxford Times\u003c\/i\u003e -- Colin Gardner * Oxford Times *\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkable book, which offers numerous fresh insights and weaves a gripping and deeply moving story that constantly startles us with its newness, its originality, and its balance. Byzantines, Turks, Latins - Harris breathes new life into these long-dead characters and makes us understand both their choices and the circumstances that led them to make those choices. This is history as it should be written - an epic tale that rouses our imaginations and captures our sympathies as effectively as it explains and informs.” - Colin Wells, author of \u003ci\u003eSailing from Byzantium\u003c\/i\u003e -- Colin Wells\u003cbr\u003e\"Jonathan Harris's new account of the fall of Constantinople in 1453 is a welcome and highly readable treatment of one of the most important events in world history. The author knows his sources inside out and his book is a fine work of scholarship. But he also handles his subject with narrative momentum and descriptive flair, and he never loses sight of the humanity involved in these twilight years of a once-great empire.\"—Norman Housley, author of \u003ci\u003eFighting for the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e -- Norman Housley\u003cbr\u003eHarris's book tells and oft-told tale in a fresh way. — Brian G. H. Ditcham, Gillingham, Kent, England -- Brian G. H. Ditcham * Sixteenth Century Journal *\u003cbr\u003e“Shows expert knowledge of the Greeks in the west and of cultural trends in humanistic thought. . . . Harris provides a sympathetic reading of the civil wars and conflicts engendered by the empire’s fundamental problem in this era: how to balance Byzantine traditions with the need for military aid from the West in order to confront the Ottoman Turks.”—Judith Herrin, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e -- Judith Herrin * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e“Western education has given us so little background on the Byzantines that Harris’s thorough study will whet readers’ appetite for more about this intriguing kingdom.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe End of Byzantium\u003c\/i\u003e is a worthy successor to [earlier] books and indeed supersedes them as an introduction to the empire in its final hour. . . . [Harris] explains the unfamiliar without dumbing-down and lets the players speak for themselves.”—Paul Magdalino, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e -- Paul Magdalino * American Historical Review *","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862526165335,"sku":"9780300187915","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300187915.jpg?v=1759918028","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-end-of-byzantium-9780300187915","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}