Eudocia 1067 part 5
Instead, she preserved his life, and having done so, she thought that her own supremacy would be assured if she made him emperor. He...
Eudocia 1067 part 4
8. So we went up to him. How she felt about it I do not know, but I was most agitated. A sudden fit...
Eudocia 1067 part 3
She wished to avoid naming the husband-to-be and at the same time put an end to the conflicting rumours about his identity. On the...
Eudocia 1067 part 2
He used to sit on the imperial throne beside his brother Constantine, and being endowed with an exceptionally generous nature, he had no intention...
Eudocia 1067 part 1
Eudocia 1067
Romanus IV 1068 — 1071
Eudocia Becomes Ruler of The Empire, With Her Sons Michael And Constantine
1. When the empress Eudocia, in accordance with...
A King in Disguise part 5
Unbounded was the joy and congratulation of the courtiers on thus meeting with him safe and uninjured. The king then turning round to the...
A King in Disguise part 4
Even I, a poor fisherman, with a wife and little family, am not forgotten, and enjoy my poverty in peace. He permits me to...
A King in Disguise part 3
As he thus stood, listening to the distant thunder and the raving of the storm, he stretched his view in vain to discover some...
A King in Disguise part 2
Residing there during several years, I acquired an excellent knowledge of the language, manners, and peculiar practices of the people, when I was at...
A King in Disguise part 1
Matteo Bandello (1480 – 1560)
Bandello, a Lombard noble by birth, is, next to Boccaccio, the most celebrated of the Italian story-tellers, and he, like...
