The Bearkeeper's DaughterA complex and historically rich novel of Imperial Byzantium, The Bearkeeper's Daughter features an empress whose beauty and power rivals Cleopatra's. |
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Page 34
... Arabic . " Narses ' eyebrows rose . " Persian ? " " Yes , my father used to do some business across the frontier — back before the war , of course ! I used to handle the letters for him . That's why I learned the Aramaic as well . " He ...
... Arabic . " Narses ' eyebrows rose . " Persian ? " " Yes , my father used to do some business across the frontier — back before the war , of course ! I used to handle the letters for him . That's why I learned the Aramaic as well . " He ...
Page 35
... Arabic was his native tongue , the language he had learned from his nurse and spoken at home more often than Greek . " With the king ? " Narses asked , faintly puzzled . " Al - Harith ibn - Jabalah of Ghassan , " John explained . " The ...
... Arabic was his native tongue , the language he had learned from his nurse and spoken at home more often than Greek . " With the king ? " Narses asked , faintly puzzled . " Al - Harith ibn - Jabalah of Ghassan , " John explained . " The ...
Page 73
... Arabic of the Ghassanid Saracens . " Yours is a fine mare , a true daughter of the dawn wind . I saw you beat the Greek ; it was well done ! " John laughed . " Peace be with you ! These Greeks thought Arab horses were only good for ...
... Arabic of the Ghassanid Saracens . " Yours is a fine mare , a true daughter of the dawn wind . I saw you beat the Greek ; it was well done ! " John laughed . " Peace be with you ! These Greeks thought Arab horses were only good for ...
Common terms and phrases
Anastasios Antonina Arabic army Artabanes Artemidoros Augusta barbarians Belisarius Berytus Bostra bowed Bronze Gate Cappadocian cavalry chamberlain cloak command Constantinople couch count Count Belisarius cousin Datia daughter Diodoros Diomedes Elthemos emperor empress eunuch Euphemia Eusebios eyes face father files gallop gave Germanus girl grinned guards hand head Herulian Heruls hippodrome horse husband Illustriousness imperial Italy Jakobos John looked John the Cappadocian John thought John's Justinian Justinian Augustus killed knew Komito laughed letter Maleka mare marry master mistress Moesia mother Narses smiled never Nicopolis nodded palace Persian Philemuth Praejecta praetorian prefect prefecture Protectors pulled purple rode Roman Sacred Majesty Saracen Sardica Scholarians Sclaveni scribe Sergius shook shouted shrugged sighed silk Singidunum slaves someone sorry spear stared stood stopped tell Theodora thing Thrace told took trench troops trying waiting wife wish woman young