Author: HARPER, TOM
Title: The mosaic of shadows / Tom Harper
Description: London : Century 2004. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 275 pages; Physical description: 275 p. : map ; 24 cm. Summary: Murder and intrigue in the palaces and trading halls of Byzantium. This is the debut of a new character in historical crime fiction. Demetrios the Apokalyptor. unveiler of mysteries. Like Lindsay Davis's Falco. or Stephen Saylor's Gordianus the Finer. Demetrios is a small man who becomes involved in the affairs of the great. In this lively adventure. he is called upon to assist the Emperor Alexander Comnenus. lord of Byzantium at a time when it is threatened on the one hand by invading Franks. supposedly on thier way to recapture Jerusalem. and on the other. by encroaching Saracens and Turks. Recommended for lovers of historical crime fiction. Subjects: Byzantine Empire - History - Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118 - Fiction.Weight in Kg appr.:

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