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Byzantium : the decline and fall / John Julius Norwich

by John Julius Norwich

This final volume chronicles the decline of the Byzantine Empire from 1071. It examines the impact of the Fourth Crusade's sacking of Constantinople and the empire's final struggle against the advancing Ottoman Turks.

Accession 5532 ISBN 0670823775 Publisher —
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