Imperial passions : the Porta Aurea / Eileen Stephenson.
Momo rauemi: TextWhakaahuatanga: 373 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780999690703
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I write about the people who had a lasting influence on the Byzantine world during its middle period, at the height of its wealth and power. Their lives, filled with passion, ambition and strength, are a glimpse into a civilization too often forgotten.
Imperial Passions
The Porta Aurea
This book begins the story of Anna Dalassena, wife of John Comnenus and mother of the Emperor Alexios I Comnenus. Born at the Empire’s apogee in 1025 to a family of renowned soldiers, she grew up watching her country deteriorate into a morass of greedy, dissolute courtiers and self-serving bureaucrats, while foreign enemies chewed away at its borders without fear of reprisal.
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