Theodora
Subtitle: actress, empress, whore
By: Stella Duffy
Publisher: London
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Virago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781844082117
Subjects: Theodora, Empress, consort of Justinian I, Emperor of the East, d. 548 Fiction; Fiction; Byzantine Empire History Justinian I, 527-565 Fiction; Historical fiction; History
Notes: Justinian took a wife: and the manner she was born and bred, and wedded to this man, tore up the Roman Empire by the very roots' Procopius Charming, charismatic, heroic - Theodora of Constantinople rose from nothing to become the most powerful woman in the history of Byzantine Rome. In Stella Duffy's breathtaking new novel, she comes to life again - a fascinating, controversial and seductive woman. Some called her a saint. Others were not so kind ... When her father is killed, the young Theodora is forced into near slavery to survive. But just as she learns to control her body as a dancer, and for the men who can afford her, so she is determined to shape a very different fate for herself.