Leo's firsthand experience of the campaigns and courts of two Byzantine emperors provides vivid descriptions of sieges, pitched battles, and ambushes. His account of the conspiracy against Nikephoros II Phokas, murdered as he slept on the floor in front of his icons, is one of the most dramatic in Byzantine narrative histories.
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Leo's firsthand experience of the campaigns and courts of two Byzantine emperors provides vivid descriptions of sieges, pitched battles, and ambushes. His account of the conspiracy against Nikephoros II Phokas, murdered as he slept on the floor in front of his icons, is one of the most dramatic in Byzantine narrative histories.
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Publisher:
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Published:
2011
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18143627262
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Seller's Description:
Good. Good condition. COVER-moderate wear-scratches, minor bends/slight tears on edges; slight stains, clean overall. PAGES-outside edge has minor stains, interior has occasional slight stains, clean overall; minor bends, no tears; no writing. Not ex-library. Second paper edition, 2011.
