Book description
Videssos was beset by enemies abroad and had fallen into decadence at
home. But on his first night in the imperial capital, The Empires health
mattered less to Krispos than finding a dry place to sleep. Harry
Turtledove (1949 - )
Harry Turtledove was born in Los Angeles in 1949, and has a PhD in
Byzantine history. He has taught ancient and medieval history at a
number of universities including UCLA, and has published a translation
of a ninth-century Byzantine chronicle, as well as several scholarly
articles. A full-time science fiction writer since 1991, he is best
known for his rigorously researched alternative history, such as the
classic The Guns of the South, in which the Confederacy wins the
American Civil War. Harry Turtledove is married to novelist Laura
Frankos, and lives in Los Angeles.