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EMPRESS: The Secret History of Anna K
EMPRESS: The Secret History of Anna K
EMPRESS: The Secret History of Anna K
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In 2016, construction workers in Istanbul made a remarkable discovery. Sealed in a lead pot twelve feet underground was a lost manuscript by the Byzantine princess and historian Anna Komnene-an intimate account of the royals who held sway in Constantinople in the High Middle Ages. This is the first Englis

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Release dateSep 18, 2022
ISBN9798985931914
EMPRESS: The Secret History of Anna K
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Greg Olear

Greg Olearis the senior editor of the lit blog The Nervous Breakdown and the author of the novel Totally Killer. His work has appeared in therumpus.net, Babble.com,themillions.com, Chronogram, and Hudson Valley Magazine. A professor of creative writing at Manhattanville College, he lives with his family in New Paltz, New York.

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