Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood. The Rise and Fall of Byzantine, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade, Paperback/Anthony Kaldellis

A long overdue and thrillingly paced narrative of one of the most dramatic periods in Medieval history, Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood provides an engaging chronicle of the various imperial upheavals, from the conquests of Basil to the collapse of Constantinople, concluding with the First Crusade.