jennthmg Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I'm looking for a good book (fiction or otherwise) for elementary or jr. high on Byzantium. Any good new fictions out there? This is decade 2 that I desire such a book when we hit this spot in history. Thanks for any help, Jenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Anna of Byzantium, which is a fictionalized story of Anna Komnene. There's an afterword detailing some of the changes the author made to turn reality into a more tightly-woven and compelling story. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Anna of Byzantium, which is a fictionalized story of Anna Komnene. There's an afterword detailing some of the changes the author made to turn reality into a more tightly-woven and compelling story. This is what my daughter read, and she really liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 It's a good book. However, there are many changes from reality which the OP should be aware of if she's using it for school. Most obviously, the author pushed Anna's coup attempt to her teens, neatly eliding 40 years of marriage and children. She also eliminated half the children in the family and made John out to be a whiny, sociopathic brat instead of the pious and thoughtful man history remembers him as, who gave generously to charity and never sentenced anybody to death during his reign. This is all noted in the afterword, of course, and I can see how waiting 40 years for the action to start would be a little anticlimatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnificat Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Not sure if these two books are exactly what you are looking for as they are set in the early 500's in Constantinople, but perhaps. . . Belisarius - The First Shall be Last and Belisauius - Glory of the Romans by Paolo Belzoni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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