The Fatal Tree (2014)
“Beside him stood his young wife, Empress Zoë – on her head a golden diadem, on her face a scowl that could have curdled milk. Her smooth brows lowered, her eyes squinted into thin, malicious slits; she was the very image of a woman forced to do something very much against her will and determined that the rest of the world should feel her displeasure. Around the royal couple clustered a bevy of court officials, priests, and assorted noblemen; a phalanx of scholari spilled across the plaza.These ...last wore silver-plated armour, highly polished and gleaming in the sun; their weapons, also ceremonial, were nevertheless sharp and functional.
The conquering khan and his entourage entered the narrow street leading to the Bronze Gate. The drummers at the front of the procession quickened their tempo. The booming sound reverberated off the walls all around, the echoes multiplying until it sounded as if an army of ten thousand had conquered the city. The Byzantines lined the street and leaned from the upper windows and balconies of the nearby buildings to see the procession pass.MoreLess
The conquering khan and his entourage entered the narrow street leading to the Bronze Gate. The drummers at the front of the procession quickened their tempo. The booming sound reverberated off the walls all around, the echoes multiplying until it sounded as if an army of ten thousand had conquered the city. The Byzantines lined the street and leaned from the upper windows and balconies of the nearby buildings to see the procession pass.MoreLess
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