# The Alexiad

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- Book: [The Alexiad](https://www.bookquiver.com/anna-komnene/the-alexiad) ([The Alexiad.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/anna-komnene/the-alexiad.md))
- Authors: [Anna Komnene](https://www.bookquiver.com/anna-komnene)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-454-2
- Published: 2009-08-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

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 offers an unparalleled view of the Byzantine world in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.