"Ce premier roman d'un journaliste au service politique du Figaro se déroule au milieu du 15e siècle. Quand le dernier bastion de l'Empire romain d'Orient tombera-t-il aux mains des Turcs?" "In 1458 David Komnenos ascends the throne of Trebizond, the last free part of Hellenism and Christian territory of the Byzantine Empire after the fall of Constantinople. Despite his efforts to rule a disintegrating society, to seek an alliance that would secure the freedom of this small empire, in 1461 Trebizond surrendered to the Turks"