411 REFERENCE · Wikiquote
John Julius Norwich
Reference material by Wikiquote contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich, known as John Julius Norwich (15 September 1929–1 June 2018), was an English historian, who wrote extensively about the history of the Byzantine Empire and of the Venetian Republic.
Quotes
It is an almost universal characteristic among autocrats that they cling compulsively to power, to the detriment alike of their subjects and their reputation.
Byzantium: The Early Centuries (1988), p. 259
External links
Category:1929 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Historians from England
Category:Non-fiction authors from England
Category:Travel writers
Category:Radio personalities
Category:Television personalities
Category:People from London
Category:University of Oxford alumni