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Murder and intrigue in the palaces and trading halls of Byzantium. Reaching its peak in 1025, under Basil II, Byzantium has perpetuated the legacy of the Roman empire since the fall of the West. However, in its now weakened position, it faces serious threats from the Turks. In response to these threats Alexios Komnenos, the dynamic young successor to the imperial throne, has petitiond the Pope for support for his armies. His request is met by the Pope's preaching of the first crusade. Meanwhile, in Constantinople, a soldier has died from a bolt through his chest whilst standing only inches away from the emperor. In secrecy, Demetrios the Apokalyptor is commissioned to investigate the murder before the assassin can strike again. His search leads him through the slums of Constantinople where he finds Thomas, a Frankish youth who is recently orphaned. On discovering that it was Thomas who fired the bolt, Demetrios decides to protect Thomas and use him to discover the identity of the foreigner, known only as 'the monk', who commissioned Thomas to kill. Believing that there must be foreign involvement, Demetrios takes his quest into the cut-throat world of Italian and Frankish merchants vying for large slices of the transcontinental trade which passes through Byzantium. Little does he expect to find a thread that will lead him into the heart of a conspiracy spanning two continents and decades of history.
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‘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:
‘Well researched, and cinematic in its imagery, this is a fast paced and exciting debut’ -- INK
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.
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.
To find out more about the books, and to contact me directly, please visit
tom-harper.co.uk
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- PublisherCentury
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1844130274
- ISBN 13 9781844130276
- BindingHardcover
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