TY - BOOK AU - Heneage,James TI - By blood divided T2 - Mistra chronicles SN - 9781786480156 U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Quercus Publishing KW - Inheritance and succession KW - Fiction KW - Families KW - Rome KW - History, Military KW - Istanbul (Turkey) KW - History KW - Siege, 1453 KW - Byzantine Empire KW - 527-1081 KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft KW - War fiction N1 - "Rivals in love. Rivals for an empire" --Front cover N2 - "Destiny, inheritance, the world shifting from east to west. This is an epic novel set in an age of dramatic change. Siward, scion of a great dynasty, commands the Varangian Guard and has vowed to defend the Roman Empire to the last. Makkim, renowned general to Ottoman rule, has vowed to destroy it. They are enemies in war, but unknown to them, they are also rivals to inherit one of Europe's greatest fortunes. Even worse, they are competing for the love of the same woman. Their vast inheritance lies in Venice, as does the famous courtesan they both love. She is the reason they will find themselves fighting on the walls of Constantinople, in one of the most dramatic sieges in history." -- Provided by publisher ER -