Author: NICOL, DONALD M.
Title: The Immortal Emperor - the Life and Legend of Constantine Palaiologos, Last Emperor of the Romans
Description: Cambridge, Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Hardcover. ISBN: 0521414563. Slight foxing on top of book block. ; Slight foxing on top of book block. An account of the life and death of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Christian emperor of Constantinople and the Byzantine empire, who lost his city, his empire and his life when the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453. Illustrated attractively with prints, drawings and artefacts, while the text is based on an array of primary sources, Greek, western and Slav. Professor Nicol is an experienced and authoritative story-teller, and this tale of fact and myth will engross the historian and general reader alike. ; 158 X 16 X 236 millimeters; 162 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 0521414563 Roman Byzantium Conquest Mythology


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