Many thanks for the recommendation, sknox - I just checked out Runciman on Amazon and the opening is gripping - but this is a narrative on the history rather than historical fiction?
Not a problem at all if it is - so far I've seen little more than John Julius Norwich in the mainstream, and despite his strengths, I'm always hungry for more! But I'm always looking out for a fiction to bring some of the characters to life, ideally through the different strata of society.
Not a problem at all if it is - so far I've seen little more than John Julius Norwich in the mainstream, and despite his strengths, I'm always hungry for more! But I'm always looking out for a fiction to bring some of the characters to life, ideally through the different strata of society.