The princess who rewrote history - Leonora Neville
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Anna Komnene, daughter of Byzantine emperor Alexios, spent the last decade of her life creating a 500-page history of her father’s reign called “The Alexiad.” As a princess writing about her own family, she had to balance her loyalty to her kin with her obligation to portray events accurately. Leonora Neville investigates this epic historical narrative.
Do you think Anna’s contemporaries believed she was qualified to write history?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Leonora Neville
- Director Els Decaluwe
- Narrator Susan Zimmerman
- Music Vincent Groos
- Sound Designer Samuel Chan
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Fact-Checker Francisco Diez
