Folio Society Published Works Number 1150
Norwich, John Julius - Byzantium: The Early Centuries, The Apogee and The Decline and Fall (3 volumes)
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Norwich, John Julius - Byzantium: The Early Centuries, The Apogee and The Decline and Fall (3 volumes) (Published in by The Folio Society in 2003. This sweeping history spans more than 11 centuries including the ideas and the people who are at the heart of the story of Byzantium. 412pgs, 450pgs, 537pgs. Bound in Serana cloth blocked with individual designs by Neil Packer. 1,480 pp in total with 25 pp of colour illus. in each volume. Map endpapers. When Constantine the Great finally gained sole control of the ailing Roman Empire in AD 323, he had no doubts about where to build a new capital: the ancient Greek city of Byzantium. The story of its spectacular rise and fall is one of the most compelling in the history of civilisation. )
