{"product_id":"2026200011115-secondhand-fourteen-byzantine-rulers","title":"Fourteen Byzantine Rulers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of Byzantine historiography, Fourteen Byzantine Rulers — known in Greek as the Chronographia — is the remarkable memoir-history penned by Michael Psellus, an eleventh-century scholar, philosopher, and imperial courtier who witnessed many of the events he chronicles firsthand. The work presents vivid, sharply drawn portraits of fourteen Byzantine emperors and empresses who ruled from 976 to 1078 AD, offering an intimate and often unflinching account of palace intrigue, political machination, and imperial ambition in Constantinople. Psellus writes with the assured authority of an insider, blending classical rhetorical tradition with acute psychological observation to illuminate the personalities and decisions that shaped one of history's great empires. Far from a dry recitation of dates and battles, this text pulses with drama, wit, and a sophisticated awareness of power — making it an indispensable primary source for understanding the Byzantine world at its zenith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956194324699,"sku":"2026200011115-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b4a2a7e1-2be0-46d5-8fa1-b26974eb9177.png?v=1783498994","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011115-secondhand-fourteen-byzantine-rulers","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}