“Okay, so it's a bit like taking a long run up to get into the sandpit. I mean, so my first sort of big work was a translation of the Alexiad written by Anna Komnina.”
Why: It provides a comprehensive history based on imperial archives and other first-class materials about the period leading up to the First Crusade.
Peter Frankopan, Guest on Empire406. Norman Conquest: The First Crusade (Part 6)
