$150
DIXON, Pierson
[255] pp.
Jonathan Cape
1958
7 3/4" x 5 1/4"
Jacket design by Derek Williams
w/ letters laid-in
In this fast-moving story of strife and intrigue we relive the follies and jealousies of the men and women at the nerve center of the world power of sixth-century Constantinople and participate in the tragic turns of fortune which frustrated its imperial dreams.