Agent of Byzantium

Agent of Byzantium
First edition cover
AuthorHarry Turtledove
Cover artistJ. K. Potter
LanguageEnglish
GenreAlternate history, spy fiction
PublisherCongdon & Weed
Publication date
1987
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback and paperback)
Pagesx + 244
ISBN0-86553-183-8

Agent of Byzantium is a 1987 collection of short stories by Harry Turtledove,[1] centered on the exploits of Basil Argyros, a Byzantine secret agent. The stories are set in an alternate 14th century, where Islam never existed and the great ancient empires of Byzantium (the Eastern Roman Empire) and Sassanid Persia survive.

  1. ^ "Uchronia: Agent of Byzantium". www.uchronia.net.