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A gripping intellectual adventure story, Sailing from Byzantium sweeps you from the deserts of Arabia to the dark forests of northern Russia, from the colorful towns of Renaissance Italy to the final moments of a millennial city under siege....The story of Byzantium is a real-life adventure of electrifying ideas, high drama, colorful characters, and inspiring feats of daring. In Sailing from Byzantium, Colin Wells tells of the missionaries, mystics, philosophers, and artists who against great odds and often at peril of their own lives spread Greek ideas to the Italians, the Arabs, and the Slavs.Fast-paced, compulsively readable, and filled with fascinating insights, Sailing from Byzantium is one of the great historical dramas-the gripping story of how the flame of civilization was saved and passed on.Product Identifiers
PublisherTantor Media, Incorporated
ISBN-101400102855
ISBN-139781400102853
eBay Product ID (ePID)6038742023
Product Key Features
Publication Year2006
TopicGeneral, World, Europe / Medieval
Book TitleSailing from Byzantium : How a Lost Empire Shaped the World
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistory
AuthorColin Wells
Dimensions
Item Height1.1in.
Item Length5.3in.
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Width6.4in.
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Wells's arguments are delivered with scholarly precision by Lloyd James.... James reads with the passion that Wells has for his subject." ---AudioFile, "Wells's arguments are delivered with scholarly precision by Lloyd James…. James reads with the passion that Wells has for his subject." ---AudioFile
Number of Volumes8 Vols.
Dewey Decimal940
Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition