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The Golden One
by Henry Treece
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Constantine and Theodora, children of a Varangian captain, are caught in the catastrophe of the Fourth Crusade when western armies seize Constantinople in 1204. The destruction of the imperial capital separates them from security and forces them eastward through territories connected by trade, war and displacement. Survival depends on adapting to peoples whose customs and ambitions differ sharply from those of Byzantium.
Their journey eventually reaches the expanding world of the Mongols and the court of Genghis Khan. Treece links two major transformations of the thirteenth century through the experience of young refugees: the fragmentation of Byzantine power and the creation of a continental empire. Adventure is balanced by a sustained interest in cultural encounter, captivity and political change.
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