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The Secret History of Emperor Justinian

Noble Blood

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The Narrator of Moby Dick, by Herman Melville

Herman Melville used sixth century Byzantine historian Percopius to prop up the existence of a vengeful sperm whale in his 1851 novel, Moby Dick. In chapter 45 entitled The affidavit, the narrator provides examples of violent and vindictive sperm whales so as to convince the reader of the truth of his own encounter with the white whale. Noble Blood is a production of iHeartRadio and Grimmond Mild from Aaron Mankey.

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