The Revolt of the Comneni part 9
For he was not of those who plunder and open their mouths wide for riches. True liberality is not as a rule judged by...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 8
Alexius took him into his mother and brother; and after giving ear to his abominable news, they judged it necessary to execute the plan...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 7
In the meantime somebody at the suggestion of that fellow, Borilus, one of the slaves, asked the Emperor whether it was by his wish...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 6
Then indeed the Emperor was delighted with them and dismissing them from the feast, spent the rest of the day free from care. Henceforward...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 5
III About this time the city of Cyzicus was taken by the Turks; directly the Emperor learnt of the capture of the city, he...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 4
The next day they came again to talk to her, and seeing that she looked at them more cheerfully than the day before, they...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 3
II The Emperor was now too old to have expectations of a son and as he dreaded the inevitable stroke of death, he began...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 2
Isaac could do this the more easily as the Queen some time before had chosen him to marry her own cousin; he was a...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 1
I We must refer the reader who wishes to know the place and lineage from which Alexius sprang, to my Caesar’s history, and thence...
Turks Franks Cumans and Manichaeans part 30
For the three stood there sharpening each other’s wits, as if they were boar’s teeth, intent upon rending the Emperor’s arguments. And if any...
