The Alexiad by Anna Comnena

The Alexiad

Anna Comnena with Peter Frankopan (Contributor), E.R.A. Sewter (Translator)

1095 pages first pub 1148 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics history challenging informative slow-paced
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A revised edition of Anna Komnene's Alexiad, to replace our existing 1969 edition. This is the first European narrative history written by a woman - an account of the reign of a Byzantine emperor through the eyes and words of his daughter which of...

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