{"product_id":"9781447216391","title":"Why Angels Fall: A Journey Through Orthodox Europe from Byzantium to Kosovo","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Compelling, powerful, magnificent' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In revealing encounters with monks, nuns, bishops and archbishops, in monasteries ancient and modern Victoria Clark measures the depth and width of the gulf now separating Europe's Orthodox East from the Catholic and Protestant West. Many of the differences in outlook, priorities and even values can be traced back to the 1054 schism between the churches of Rome and Constantinople which created Europe's most durable fault-line. Travelling from Mount Athos to Istanbul and unravelling the tangled history, Victoria Clark demonstrates a rare sympathy with Eastern Orthodox Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'I finished the book wanting to meet this intelligent, warm-hearted writer, and to follow her to some of the places she visited' \u003ci\u003eLITERARY REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A masterful synthesis of vivid and often humorous travel writing, a series of probing interviews and a pertinent historical context' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Exhilarating . . . her book will be immensely helpful to anyone occasionally puzzled by events, especially politics, in Eastern Europe' \u003ci\u003e FINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107166732528,"sku":"9781447216391","price":8.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781447216391_p0.jpg?v=1763827123","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781447216391","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}