Download or read book The Alexiad (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) written by Anna Comnena and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Komnene describes the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I. The text documents the Crusades and the conflicting perceptions of East and West in the early 12th century.