{"product_id":"the-alexiad-paperback","title":"The Alexiad - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Komnene\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eE. R. a. Sewter\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003ePeter Frankopan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Komnene \u003c\/b\u003e(1083-1153) was the oldest child of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos. She was engaged as a young girl to Constantine Doukas, son of the deposed Emperor Michael VII Douglas, but for reasons which are unclear, the marriage did not take place, and she instead married Nikephorous Bryennios, a member of a prominent aristocratic family from the western part of the empire. Both Anna and her husband became increasingly visible at Alexios' court in the latter part of his reign, and on his death, actively considered taking the throne at the expense of her younger brother, John II Komnenos. Anna suffered internal exile as a result in a lavishly endowed convent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. R. A. Sewter\u003c\/b\u003e (translator; 1907-1976) was a well-known Byzantine scholar and the editor of \u003ci\u003eGreece and Rome\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Frankopan\u003c\/b\u003e (editor\/introducer) is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silk Roads, The New Silk Roads, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe First Crusade. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Oxford, England, where he is a professor of global history at Oxford University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.07 x 7.96 x 4.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684709634111,"sku":"9780140455274","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a771de4122dea43936670fb18f11d99a.webp?v=1764968364","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-alexiad-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}