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Название книги: Hammer And Anvil
Автор(ы): Harry Turtledove
Жанр: Фэнтези
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Hammer-And-Anvil-197970.html
Hammer And Anvil(Time of Troubles-2)
When the younger Maniakes looked west from the governor's residence-a polite name for a fortress-in Kastavala, he could see only ocean. Even so, staring out at that ocean did not bother him unduly: he knew that beyond it lay the town of Opsikion, and beyond Opsikion the rest of the Empire of Videssos.He and his father, from whom he drew his name, had lived on the island of Kalavria half a dozen years now. It was exile, but polite, honorable exile: the elder Maniakes was governor of the island. The Avtokrator Likinios had named him to the post, and Genesios, after murdering Likinios and all his sons and seizing the imperial throne for himself, had seen fit to leave him undisturbed. In his day, the elder Maniakes had been a soldier to reckon with; Genesios was no doubt just as glad to keep him busy far, far away from Videssos the city, the great capital of the Empire.The younger Maniakes stirred restlessly. He knew just how far Kalavria was removed from the center of the
Название книги: Hammer And Anvil
Автор(ы): Harry Turtledove
Жанр: Фэнтези
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Hammer-And-Anvil-197970.html
Hammer And Anvil(Time of Troubles-2)
When the younger Maniakes looked west from the governor's residence-a polite name for a fortress-in Kastavala, he could see only ocean. Even so, staring out at that ocean did not bother him unduly: he knew that beyond it lay the town of Opsikion, and beyond Opsikion the rest of the Empire of Videssos.He and his father, from whom he drew his name, had lived on the island of Kalavria half a dozen years now. It was exile, but polite, honorable exile: the elder Maniakes was governor of the island. The Avtokrator Likinios had named him to the post, and Genesios, after murdering Likinios and all his sons and seizing the imperial throne for himself, had seen fit to leave him undisturbed. In his day, the elder Maniakes had been a soldier to reckon with; Genesios was no doubt just as glad to keep him busy far, far away from Videssos the city, the great capital of the Empire.The younger Maniakes stirred restlessly. He knew just how far Kalavria was removed from the center of the
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