The Emperors of Byzantium

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Based in the great city of Constantinople, the Byzantine empire was one of the most successful civilizations of the Middle Ages. The continuation of the Roman empire, but in its new iteration as a Christianity centred organization, its dominion straddled Europe and western Asia for more than a millennium. Yet its history remains largely unfamiliar.

Byzantine expert Kevin Lygo vividly chronicles this majestic and turbulent period through the lives of its ninety-two emperors, telling gripping tales of political survival, religious devotion, sexual intrigue and artistic brilliance. The cast includes both men and women, ruthless usurpers and soaring intellectuals; the profound impact of their collective rule can still be felt today.
Extent: 304 pp
Format: Paperback
Size: 19.8 x 12.9 cm
ISBN: 9780500297995

Press Reviews

I love this book. The strangeness, the darkness, the madness, the gruesomeness, the politics, the families, the feuding, the deaths! It makes Game of Thrones look like a scrap in the playground
Russell T. Davies



Will Gompertz

Highly readable ... Lygo has succeeded brilliantly in bringing this fascinating but strangely neglected subject to life

About the Authors

Kevin Lygo is an expert in Islamic and Byzantine art who has travelled across Europe and the Middle East extensively He has previously edited the publications iPortraits of the Masters Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineagesi 2003 and iPages of the Quran A study of Islamic Calligraphyi 2011 He is Director of Television at ITV and was formerly Director of Television at Channel 4 Bettany Hughes is an awardwinning historian author and broadcaster Robert Peston is a journalist writer and the Political Editor of ITV News

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