false <![CDATA[Byzantium (Harper Fiction)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174479042m/405589.jpg 405589 10 A master storyteller weaves a tale of adventure and the coming of age of a young soul in this epic novel of the early centuries of the first millennium. 2694949 book 1996 Byzantium (Harper Fiction) total:536|5:236|4:165|3:97|2:27|1:11| 536 2196 756 61 4 2 false false Sun Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 19:04:37 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 09:33:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 23 10:48:24 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 10:48:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 14 08:35:23 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 08:40:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 17 07:52:40 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 31 13:54:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Mon May 05 04:41:54 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 05:01:24 -0700 2008 Byzantium is about a group of Irish monks who are given the task of taking The Book of Kells to Byzantium to offer as a gift to the Emperor. On the way they are kidnapped by Vikings, taken as slaves, travel to Kiev (IIRC), make it to Byzantium, end up in the silver mines as slaves again, and still ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 28 12:28:35 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 28 12:29:12 -0700 2007
Truth is a constant delight to those that love her; such beauty holds no power to offend.

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Byzantium opened my eyes to the historical fiction genre. Never in my mind had I imagined such a tastefully written novel. Stephen Lawhead tells this tale with such intensity that it leaves you dwelling ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 17:36:57 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 14:15:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 27 10:33:01 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 10:35:39 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=405589