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Reviewed on August 15, 2004
The year is 672 C.E. Anna, former concubine to the Byzantine emperor's brother, just wants to manage her perfume-making business and bring up her beautiful daughter, Theodosia. Fate has other plans for her, however, in the form of Syrian refugee Kallinikos. An alchemist and engineer, he asks Anna if he could use one ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More