Mosaic Of Shadows (A Byzantine Mystery) - Hardcover

Harper, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312338678 ISBN 13: 9780312338671

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2005

Synopsis

In Byzantium in 1096, when an unknown assassin targets the emperor, a killing that could have dangerous repercussions for all Christendom, Demetrios the Apokalptor is hired to uncover the would-be killer in an investigation that leads him through a maze of treachery, deceit, and intrigue in which the fate of the empire is at stake. A first novel.

About this title

Review:

‘It’s a world which Harper brings exuberantly to life, clearly revelling in its teeming, tumultuous extravagance.' -- Yorkshire Post

‘Well researched, and cinematic in its imagery, this is a fast paced and exciting debut’ -- INK

From the Author:

Mosaic of Shadows, Knights of the Cross and Siege of Heaven
form a trilogy that follows Demetrios Askiates, a Byzantine Greek, from his
first encounter with the First Crusade at Constantinople through to the
crusade's dramatic climax at Jerusalem. It's one of the great military
adventures of human history, an amazing story; it's also a savagely brutal
affair whose echoes only seem to get louder as they resonate down to the
present.

At a time when the Middle East is as violently contested as ever, it seemed
important to me to look at one of the most famous - or notorious - clashes
between East and West. There are a lot of misconceptions about the First
Crusade at the moment, with everyone from Dan Brown to Osama Bin Laden
muddying the waters. In much the same way as Bernard Cornwell stripped
back the Arthurian legend with his Winter King trilogy, I wanted to take
the Crusade back to its factual origins and portray it as I think it must
have been: desperate, chaotic and bloody.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0312338678
• ISBN 13: 9780312338671
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 275