Greek Novels (Study Guide) - The Last Temptation of Christ, the Palaeologian Dynasty. the Rise and Fall of Byzantium, Captain Michalis (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Last Temptation of Christ, the Palaeologian Dynasty. the Rise and Fall of Byzantium, Captain Michalis, Logicomix, the Greek Passion, Vasilis Arvanitis, Zorba the Greek, the Maze, the Children of Niobe, Number 31328. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Palaeologian Dynasty. The Rise and Fall of Byzantium is a trilogy novel describing the last dynasty of Byzantium, written by Greek author George Leonardos. For this trilogy the author was awarded with the highest State Literature Award 2008. The trilogy is wrapped up with the historical novel "Sophia Palaiologina. From Byzantium to Russia," which refers to the last descendant of Paleologus family, who was married with the Russian ruler Ivan III of Russia. The coat of arms of the Palaeologian dynasty. is a historical novel about one of the most powerful personalities of the Byzantine times during one of the most important eras in Greek history, as it began to develop at the beginning of the Palaeologos reign in Byzantine. Its a fictional biography of Michael VIII Palaiologos, patriarch of the homonymous dynasty, the man who achieved the unthinkable for the time, thanks to his versatile, diabolic mind. The story begins with the disaster of the Fourth Crusade an issue still engaging historical researchers and ends with the Sicilian Vespers, fomented, indirectly yet actively, by Michael. Between those two historic events stand the battle of Pelagonia and, of course, the retrieval of Constantinople by Palaeologos. Its a fascinating book full of intrigues, passions and eroticism, as well as political, diplomatic and ecclesiastical background, battles over power that left their mark during the 13th century. It successfully combines fast pace and academic precision. As a...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2338294