by Ramón J. Sender · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422606123
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«Bizancio» is the historical novel by Ramón J. Sender, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover in 1974 (484 pages, in Spanish).
Historical novel set in the Byzantine Empire at the beginning of the 14th century: Emperor Andronicus II, facing the Turkish threat, recruits the Almogavars of Roger de Flor. The plot combines military campaigns, court conspiracies and alliances around the Catalan troops.
The work was originally published in 1956; this Círculo de Lectores edition is from 1974 and corresponds to ISBN 8422606127.
Ramón José Sender Garcés was a Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist. Several of his works were translated into English by the distinguished zoologist, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, including Seven Red Sundays , Mr Witt Among the Rebels and The War in Spain (Contraataque). He published articles in the Valencia-based Orto magazine between 1932 and 1934. During the Spanish Civil War Sender was among the contributors of El Mono Azul, a Republican literary magazine.
