It had rave reviews on the back cover, although perhaps I should have paid more attention to the fact that the reviews were from mainstream newspapers and magazines rather than specialist history publications.
The book starts interestingly enough with an account of a Visigothic kingdom in what is now south France.
But by the time Davies reaches Byzantium - called here Byzantion - he seems to lose interest, covering 1,100+ years of the new Roman capital in 13 pages.
I also lost interest soon afterwards, but I will keep the book - it has a decent index, and could easily come in handy as a reference source.
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| Nice idea - shame about the contents |
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