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Cargando... Anna of Byzantium (1999)por Tracy Barrett
  
Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  starbox | Mar 9, 2022 |   lcslibrarian | Aug 13, 2020 |  ) leebill | Apr 30, 2020 | Salsabrarian | Feb 2, 2016 | That said, it did improve significantly in the last part of the book, and the history was good. I read the author bio in the back just after finishing it, which told me that this was the author's first novel. For a first effort, it was pretty good, but still the narrative voice wasn't engaging enough for me. (  ) Amelia_Smith | May 2, 2015 |
Ilene Cooper (Booklist, April 1, 1999 (Vol. 95, No. 15)) In the tradition of E. L. Konigsburg's A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver (1973) and Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy (1994) comes this story of a real-life historical figure, Anna Commena, groomed to be the sovereign of the Byzantine empire. But events intervene, and the birth of a baby brother is just as bad as the invasion of barbarians. Barrett uses an effective first-person narrative to draw readers into Anna's story, and the author's precise use of detail helps re-create Anna's world, the palace of Constantinople in the ninth century. The story is told in a flashback; Anna has already been exiled to a convent by her brother for trying to overthrow him. Readers will be caught up in Anna's evolution as she moves from loving child and heir of the emperor to pawn in her grandmother's plan to continue as the power behind the throne to discarded princess, stripped of all she holds dear, especially her future. The author's note at the book's conclusion is informative, but it also raises several questions, including why Anna's brother, depicted as nasty and spiteful in the book, became one of the empire's most beloved emperors. The Byzantine empire is often neglected in studies of the Middle Ages. This exciting read--with a particularly enticing cover--will help change that oversight. Category: Middle Readers. 1999, Delacorte, $14.95. Gr. 5-7. PremiosListas de sobresalientes
In the eleventh century the teenage princess Anna Comnena fights for her birthright, the throne to the Byzantine Empire, which she fears will be taken from her by her younger brother John because he is a boy. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Written for the YA reader (but I quite enjoyed it, aged nearly 60!) it evokes the Byzantine palace pretty well, and gives an impression of her hatred for her younger brother (who gets the crown when she had hoped for it)
After seeking to poison him, she spends the rest of her life condemned to a convent- where she wrote a memoir of her late father, The Alexiad.
But checking her life story, there are unanswered gaps. Younger brother John (a spoilt and hateful chid here) became a much-loved king.
Anna's incarceration (here occurring when she's still a teen) was actually after several years marriage and several children...
So the jury's out on the details...but an interesting read that certinly introduces the characters.. (