Duck59
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I go through spells of getting fascinated by some aspect of history and I've been going through what I might call a Byzantine phase. The Byzantine empire lasted for over a thousand years, but doesn't seem to attract the attention of, say, ancient Greece, Rome or Egypt.
Even so, there are plenty of works on the subject and I have enjoyed reading a trilogy by John Julius Norwich. The books are The Early Centuries, The Apogee and The Decline and Fall. Norwich is never dull and sometimes the whole thing reads like racy historical fiction. Most enlightening and entertaining, too.
Even so, there are plenty of works on the subject and I have enjoyed reading a trilogy by John Julius Norwich. The books are The Early Centuries, The Apogee and The Decline and Fall. Norwich is never dull and sometimes the whole thing reads like racy historical fiction. Most enlightening and entertaining, too.