The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto)

Rating:
Summary: An excellent book
Review: This was the first book I read by Runciman and I was immediately enamored with his style. He conveys both the strategic and human elements well with sprinklings of the concurrently developing subplots throughout. While the title itself leaves no doubt as to the outcome of this tragic tale, the reading is an engrossing story and you are left spellbound as history unfolds through the pages. I have used this book to introduce friends to medieval history(although it takes place towards the end of that period) and have then had them come back to me to suggest other books in this field of study with intrigued interest. An epic tale of the final winking out of the glory that was the Byzantine Empire presented by a master storyteller.