NIKEPHORUS II PHOKAS (912-969): THE WHITE DEATH OF THE SARACENS.
Code: B271
Price: £35.00
Catalogue(s): Franklin
Category(s): New Books, Ancient to Medieval,
550pp., 16 plates, many maps & figs.in text. 2025. The first ever English-language biography of the man who broke the stranglehold of Islam over Byzantine Rome so that by the year 968 his forces could invade the Muslim lands virtually unopposed. This was the result of his military reforms and remarkable gifts as a military commander.