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Bitter at the betrayal, anna waits to avenge herself, and to seize what is rightfully hers. As augusta, a title bestowed upon her by her son, alexios i komnenos, rather than his empressconsort she guided the empire during his many absences for long military campaigns. Anna of byzantium by tracy barrett overdrive rakuten. Anna of byzantium by tracy barrett in djvu, fb3, txt download ebook. Anna of byzantium ebook by tracy barrett rakuten kobo. Click download or read online button to get images of children in byzantium book now. Anna of byzantium pdf anna of byzantium pdf are you looking for ebook anna of byzantium pdf. Anna of byzantium is loosely based on a historical figure, but i found her narrative voice in the first half of this book excruciatingly boring.