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A Short History of Byzantium Classics_Gift_Guide the nation’s most famous and"Norwich is always on the lookout for the small but revealing details. . . . All of this he recounts in a style that consistently entertains." The New York Times Book Review In this magisterial adaptation of his epic three volume history of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich chronicles the world's longest lived Christian empire. Beginning with Constantine the Great, who in a. d. 330 made Christianity the religion of his realm and then transferred its