The Alexiad by Anna Comnena, E.R.A. Sewter

560 pages first pub 1148 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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'The shining light of the world, the great Alexius'Anna Comnena (1083-1153) wrote The Alexiad as an account of the reign of her father, the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. It is also an important source of information on the Byzantine war with the No...

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