Jane Ridley

In the company of queens

The secretive Byzantine specialist liked to play games with people all his life — including Guy Burgess and most of the crowned heads of Europe, according to Minoo Dinshaw

issue 22 October 2016

  • Outlandish Knight: The Byzantine Life of Steven Runciman

    Minoo Dinshaw

    Allen Lane, pp. 735

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