Byzantium is classic Stephen Lawhead. Historical fiction with a steady pace that is both direct and meandering. Just enough characters to be interesting but not so many as to be confusing. Accurate facts that do not insult the informed reader and engaging enough to open the imagination.
Byzantium is the story of a young Irish monk scribe, Aidan, 'selected' to participate in a pilgrimage to Byzantium, aka Constantinople. A straight forward mission steeped in simple faith becomes entwined with pirates, Vikings, emperors, Sarazens, spies, a princess and humanities greatest foibles of doubt, fear, pride, lust, greed to erode and challenge Aidan's Faith. [5/5]
Byzantium is the story of a young Irish monk scribe, Aidan, 'selected' to participate in a pilgrimage to Byzantium, aka Constantinople. A straight forward mission steeped in simple faith becomes entwined with pirates, Vikings, emperors, Sarazens, spies, a princess and humanities greatest foibles of doubt, fear, pride, lust, greed to erode and challenge Aidan's Faith. [5/5]
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