The Belisarius Series is a collection of novels written by David Drake and Eric Flint and published by Baen Books. The series consists of the following books: David Drake is a successful author of science fiction and fantasy literature. ... Eric Flint (born California, 1947) is an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor. ... Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by SF publishing industry long-timer Jim Baen. ...
An Oblique Approach
In the Heart of Darkness
Destiny's Shield
Fortune's Stroke
The Tide of Victory
The Dance of Time (Advanced Readers Copy ebook released in July 2005)
All of these are available as ebooks from Baen. The first three are in the Baen Free Library. An ebook is an electronic (or digital) version of a book. ... The Baen Free Library is a digital library of the science fiction and fantasy publishing house Baen Books where (as of June 2005) 77 full books are available for free download in a number of formats, without copy protection. ...
It is a science fiction (more accurately alternative history) series that starts with the premise that through a multifaceted crystal, the Byzantine general Belisarius obtains knowledge of future weapons and techniques, and explores the consequences of this knowledge. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Alternative history or alternate history is fiction that is set in a world in which history has diverged from history as it is generally known; more simply put, alternate history asks the question, What If history had developed differently?. Most works that employ this rubric are set in factful historical... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Belisarius, by Jacques-Louis David (1781); the depiction is now believed to be fictionalized. ...
Belisarius was also made sole consul in 534, being one of the last individuals ever to hold this office which was, by this time, merely a ceremonial relic of the ancient Roman Republic.
Marmontel and the painters and sculptors (a bust of Belisarius by the French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Stouf is at the J.
Belisarius is also the main character of the Belisariusseries in a series of six science fiction novels by Eric Flint and David Drake, an alternate history exploring what might have happened if Belisarius (and a rival) were granted knowledge of future events and technologies.
Belisarius took the field and waged a brief, inconclusive campaign against them, but ultimately (545) was able to negotiate a peace (aided with payment of a large sum of money, 5000 pounds of gold), in which the Persians agreed not to attack Roman territory, not for eternity, but for five years.
Belisarius was forced to go on the defensive, and in 548, Justinian relieved him in favor of Narses, of whom he was more trustful.
Belisarius is a main character of the Belisariusseries of science fiction novels by Eric Flint and David Drake, an alternate history exploring what might have happened if Belisarius (and a rival) were granted knowledge of future events and technologies.
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