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Sep 29, 2009 I highly recommend this historia, because it is not only readable and wittingly entertaining, but informative. Tracey Gutierres This book is not for everyone. Alexiad. The Alexiad June 30, 2004, Kessinger Publishing Paperback in English zzzz. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books.

Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. The Alexiad is the Iliad of Byzantium.

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Rather than work too hard, the original 'Alexiad' borrowed a few appendices from Sewter's earlier translation of Michael Psellos' Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia of Michael Psellus (Penguin Classics). Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. An excellent illustration of Byzntium under the Comneni. endobj Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2018.