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A review by daveyk
Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler
4.0
Read in preparation for my trip to Turkey and I'm now crazy excited to search for shadows of Byzantium in the streets of Istanbul.
Highly recommend this one as an interesting and frequently bloody primer on the history of the eastern roman empire and the epic 1453 siege of Constantinople (seriously, how has this not been made into a movie yet?) that brought about its end.
The travelogue-style sections of the book were short and enjoyable enough and left me thinking a little more philosophically about history and our place in it.
Highly recommend this one as an interesting and frequently bloody primer on the history of the eastern roman empire and the epic 1453 siege of Constantinople (seriously, how has this not been made into a movie yet?) that brought about its end.
The travelogue-style sections of the book were short and enjoyable enough and left me thinking a little more philosophically about history and our place in it.