Byzantium - Brossura

Lawhead, Steve

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0061057541 ISBN 13: 9780061057540

Casa editrice: Harper Voyager, 1997

Riassunto

Follows the adventures of an Irish monk as he joins an expedition to present an illuminated manuscript to the Byzantine emperor, a mission by land and sea that makes him a man for all seasons--warrior, slave, and spy. Reprint.

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L'autore:

Stephen R. Lawhead is an internationally acclaimed author of mythic history and imaginative fiction. His works include Byzantium and the series The Pendragon Cycle, The Celtic Crusades, and The Song of Albion. Lawhead makes his home in Austria with his wife.

Product Description:

Although born to rule, Aidan lives as a scribe in a remote Irish monastery on the far, wild edge of Christendom. Secure in work, contemplation, and dreams of the wider world, a miracle bursts into Aidan's quiet life. He is chosen to accompany a small band of monks on a quest to the farthest eastern reaches of the known world. To the fabled city of Byzantium, where they are to present a beautiful and costly hand-illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells, to the Emperor of all Christendom. Thus begins an expedition by sea and over land, as Aidan becomes, by turns, a warrior and a sailor, a slave and a sly, a Viking and a Saracen, and finally, a man. He sees more of the world than most men of his time, becoming an ambassador to kings and an intimate of Byzantium's fabled Golden Court. And finally this valiant Irish monk faces the great trial that can confront any man in any age: commanding his own Destiny.

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• Editore: Harper Voyager
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0061057541
• ISBN 13: 9780061057540
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 880