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  • Niketas Choniates. A Historiographical Study. Oxford University Press, 2013. 400p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Studies in Byzantium. Simpson not only shows that Nicetas was a great historian but shows the methods by which he became a great historian, beginning with an initial version of his history that resembled other fine Byzantine histories and then turning it into a masterpiece that surpassed nearly all of them. Her book should bring his history more of the attention it deserves ... [an] accomplished first book. Warren Treadgold, Saint Louis University, The American Historical Review 04/10/2015 |a 29/10/15 (Publisher's information). € 139.27 (New) (Printed on Demand)  (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780199670710