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Zoe and Theodora part 49
117. After completing his arrangements and taking a fair number of prisoners, Tornicius retired to his own entrenchments in good order. For his part,...
Zoe and Theodora part 50
119. That event marked the change in their fortunes. After being buoyed up by their hopes for a brief interval, and (it must be...
Zoe and Theodora part 51
121. Such was the shameful withdrawal from the Great City of the man who had once contested its throne. Still more shameful was his...
Zoe and Theodora part 52
Without a moment’s hesitation, with no thought for reason, he condemned them to blinding on the spot. At that the pretender emitted a cry...
Zoe and Theodora part 53
126. His beauty, we are told, was that of Achilles or Nireus.**126 But whereas, in the case of these heroes, the poet’s language, having...
Zoe and Theodora part 54
128. The symptoms of disease were not all immediately apparent. The humours first flowed into his feet, and at once he was compelled to...
Zoe and Theodora part 55
130. Even while I write this history I am still absolutely amazed to think how the man was able to bear the excruciating pain...
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A Taste of Medieval Bulgaria
Visit Bulgaria Day 1
Visit Bulgaria starts - Sofia – Vidin
Firstly, we welcome you for your visit Bulgaria holiday...
The Lost Phcebe part 12
Another thing that puzzled him greatly after a time and after many hundreds of inquiries was, when he no longer had any particular door-...
The Lost Phcebe part 11
For several years thereafter then he was an odd figure in the sun anti rain, on dusty roads and muddy ones, encountered occasionally in...
