Soulmates: Princess Anna of Byzantium and King Jayavarman VII of Cambodia (how Tracy Barrett turned me into Joan of Arc) (reading Anna makes me email Caroline)
Princess Anna wrote the book — “the Alexiad” — that gave Jayavarman VII the military and political know-how to take control of the Khmer Empire
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jayavarman begins his ascent almost immediately after Princess Anna finishes the Alexiad, which also focuses on themes of East and West:
Did we re-do this whole thing in the present day? The year Tracy Barrett released Anna of Byzantium was the moment I went into my age of empires 2 dream world
Right when I read Anna of Byzantium this February 2024, I sent Caroline this email - know why? Because she’s a reincarnation of princess anna of Byzantium — and they’re both my soulmates
1999: did I also then try to recreate Jayavarman’s journey to find his dream girl?
Jayavarman on a quest to find his dream girl?
Correction: read during Saraswati puja*
