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A brilliant standalone novel from Anne Perry, the undisputed master of the Victorian mystery.
1273 - the gorgeous, cosmopolitan and enlightened city of Byzantium is in acute danger. Only an alliance with the Church of Rome will stop the crusading fervour of the Italian and French troops on its borders, determined to strike through Byzantium to reach Jerusalem. Faced with the prospect of surrendering its gentile Orthodox theology to Roman Catholicism, the city is in turmoil as opposing factions seek to assert their authority.
For Anna, the brutal conflict only echoes her own life. Recently arrived in Byzantium to find out why her brother has been exiled for a murder she believes he did not commit, Anna is forced to pose as a eunuch so that she can move freely in all levels of society. As she does so she finds herself in the middle of intrigues that may not only free, or condemn, her brother, but will also determime the fate of Byzantium itself.
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An epic, rich, fascinating and compelling standalone historical novel set in Byzantium in the late 13th century.
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"With her visionary sensibility, Anne Perry is the master of the 'you are there' school of hist-myst storytelling."--The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable . . . [Anne Perry sets] an engaging personal story against a rich backdrop of events to convey the intrigue and extreme peril that characterized the struggles between the faiths of the countries bordering the Mediterranean in the thirteenth century."--The Star-Ledger
"[Perry] gives the reader a real feel for the sights, sounds and smells of Constantinople in the time of the Crusades, as well as tastes of Venice, Rome, Sicily, and Jerusalem."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Perry escalates the tension in subtle ways [and] creates a deep sense of impending doom."--Dayton Daily News "[A] grandly scaled epic . . . with a canny eye for drama, [Perry] makes this complex historical background both vivid and clear."--Kirkus Reviews
"[Perry] gives the reader a real feel for the sights, sounds and smells of Constantinople in the time of the Crusades, as well as tastes of Venice, Rome, Sicily, and Jerusalem."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Perry escalates the tension in subtle ways [and] creates a deep sense of impending doom."--Dayton Daily News "[A] grandly scaled epic . . . with a canny eye for drama, [Perry] makes this complex historical background both vivid and clear."--Kirkus Reviews
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- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0755339061
- ISBN 13 9780755339068
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages512
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