From Broken Bits of Byzantium (1872) by C. G. Curtis
Written in the mid-12th c. by the daughter of Alexios Komnenos. Ostensibly sets out to protect his reputation for posterity; in bringing the period of the First Crusade to life, achieves much, much more. Also: the first ever history book by a woman.
https://www.amazon.com/Alexiad-Penguin-Classics-Anna-Komnene/dp/0140455272