History of the Byzantine State
by George Ostrogorsky |
A History of the Byzantine State and Society
by Warren Treadgold |
Byzantium: The Apogee
by John Julius Norwich |
The Making of Byzantium, 600-1025
by Mark Whittow |
Byzantium: The Decline and Fall
by John Julius Norwich |
Byzantium: The Early Centuries
by John Julius Norwich | 
Sailing from Byzantium
by Colin Wells |
The Alexiad of Anna Comnena
by Anna Comnena |
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
by Edward N. Luttwak | 
A Short History of Byzantium
by John Julius Norwich |
The Fall of Constantinople 1453
by Steven Runciman | 
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe | 
Byzantium
by Judith Herrin | 
Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles
by Stefan Zweig |
Brief Lives
by John Aubrey | 
Antony and Cleopatra
by Adrian Goldsworthy | 
Alfred the Great
by Asser |
Kings in Grass Castles
by Mary Durack | 
Lives of the Noble Romans
by Plutarch | 
A Study of History
by Arnold J. Toynbee |
This chronicle of the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025, shows a profound understanding of the power politics that characterized the empire and led to its decline.