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Author | Harry Turtledove |
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Cover artist | J. K. Potter |
Language | English |
Genre | Alternate history, spy fiction |
Publisher | Congdon & Weed |
Publication date | 1987 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardback and paperback) |
Pages | x + 244 |
ISBN | 0-86553-183-8 |
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.