Synopsis
In 1182 two mercenaries travel to Constantinople to assassinate the emperor.
He really has it coming.
Based on a true story.
Genre
Table of Contents
- 1Dedication and Acknowledgements2024-11-13
- 2Dramatis Personae2024-11-13
- 3Prologue2024-11-13
- 4Chapter 1 - A Messenger Arrives2024-11-13
- 5Chapter 2 - Worrying News From the Holy City2024-11-13
- 6Chapter 3 - Terrible News From the Great City2024-11-13
- 7Chapter 4 - The Wedding of the Century2024-11-13
- 8Chapter 5 - The Mission2024-11-13
- 9Chapter 6 - The Departure2024-11-13
- 10Chapter 7 -The First Wager2024-11-13
- 11Chapter 8 - Visitors Arrive at the Fondaccio of Carlo Romi2024-11-13
- 12Chapter 9 - Sailing (part way) to Byzantium2024-11-13
- 13Chapter 10 - The Journey East2024-11-13
- 14Chapter 11 - Early One Morning in the Queen of Cities2024-11-13
- 15Chapter 12 - The Blood Prophecy2024-11-13
- 16Chapter 13 - The Emperor Begins his Day2024-11-13
- 17Chapter 14 - The Fugitive Teenage Years2024-11-13
- 18Chapter 15 - A Slow Moving Coup or How the Palace was Taken2024-11-13
- 19Chapter 16 - Tests of Loyalty2024-11-13
- 20Chapter 17 - The Emperor’s Troubles2024-11-13
- 21Chapter 18 - Hunting Mishaps2024-11-13
- 22Chapter 19 - The Emperor is Cheered up by his own Cleverness2024-11-13
- 23Chapter 20 - That Same Morning near the Golden Gate2024-11-13
- 24Chapter 21 - A Light Lunch in the Forum of Arcadius2024-11-13
- 25Chapter 22 - The Hagia Sophia2024-11-13
- 26Chapter 23 - How Pons Got his Name2024-11-13
- 27Chapter 24 - Friends in the Forecourt2024-11-13
- 28Chapter 25 - The Baths2024-11-13
- 29Chapter 26 - The Second Wager2024-11-13
- 30Chapter 27 - The Catspaw Wants Scratch2024-11-13
- 31Chapter 28 - The Emperor Attends an Afternoon at the Races2024-11-13
- 32Chapter 29 - Once Upon Time in a Dungeon2024-11-13
- 33Chapter 30 - The Lesser Races2024-11-13
- 34Chapter 31 - A Discrete Task2024-11-13
- 35Chapter 32 - The Emperor’s Favorite2024-11-13
- 36Chapter 33 - The Crowd Howls for Blood2024-11-13
- 37Chapter 34 - The Third Wager2024-11-13
- 38Chapter 35 - The Final Heat of the Day2024-11-13
- 39Chapter 36 - Debts Unpaid2024-11-13
- 40Chapter 37 - A Brief Tavern Brawl2024-11-13
- 41Chapter 38 - George’s Dinner is Ruined2024-11-13
- 42Chapter 39 - A Celebration Dinner2024-11-13
- 43Chapter 40 - God Gets His End of the Action2024-11-13
- 44Chapter 41 - Later That Evening2024-11-13
- 45Chapter 42 - Meanwhile, At the Palace2024-11-13
- 46Chapter 43 - Mariapitkee Wakes Up2024-11-13
- 47Chapter 44 - At the Break of a New Day2024-11-13
- 48Chapter 45 - Grave Diggin’2024-11-13
- 49Chapter 46 - A Fellow Mourner2024-11-13
- 50Chapter 47 - Churches and Races2024-11-13
- 51Chapter 48 - Axe Practice2024-11-13
- 52Chapter 49 - Skullduggery2024-11-13
- 53Chapter 50 - Screams in the Night2024-11-13
- 54Chapter 51 - Once Upon a time in a Dungeon II2024-11-13
- 55Chapter 52 - Down the Drain2024-11-13
- 56Chapter 53 - The Princess in a Siege Camp2024-11-13
- 57Chapter 54 - Betrayal or Another Siege Camp on Another Rainy Night2024-11-13
- 58Chapter 55 - Once Upon a Time in a Dungeon III2024-11-13
- 59Chapter 56 - Drop Dead Gorgeous Goes to the Dead Drop2024-11-13
- 60Chapter 57 - Another Lunch in the Forum of Arcadius2024-11-13
- 61Not a Chapter2024-11-13
- 62Chapter 58 - A Close Shave2024-11-13
- 63Chapter 59 - Barber Surgeon2024-11-13
- 64Chapter 60 - At the Gates of Nicea2024-11-13
- 65Chapter 61 - Clearing the Field2024-11-13
- 66Chapter 62 - A Quarrel Retrieved2024-11-13
- 67Chapter 63 - Dirty Laundry2024-11-13
- 68Chapter 64 - A Quarrel Renewed2024-11-13
- 69Chapter 65 - Cut and Run2024-11-13
- 70Chapter 66 - Betrayal or Another Siege Camp on Another Rainy Night II2024-11-13
- 71Chapter 67 - In the Imperial Pavilion2024-11-13
- 72Chapter 68 - The Empress of Hens2024-11-13
- 73Chapter 69 - Back in the Big Stink2024-11-13
- 74Chapter 70 - Mischief2024-11-13
- 75Chapter 71 - More Mischief2024-11-13
- 76Chapter 72 - The Fourth Wager2024-11-13
- 77Chapter 73 - Ships2024-11-18