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The Secret History (Penguin Classics) Book

The Secret History Portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore, and the general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina. This book depicts holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule. Full descriptionRead More

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  • Foyles

    A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be published only once its author was safely in his grave. The Secret History portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore, and the brilliant general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina. Magnificently hyperbolic and highly opinionated, The Secret History is a work of explosive energy, depicting holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule.

  • BookDepository

    The Secret History : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780140455281 : 0140455280 : 18 Dec 2007 : Portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore, and the general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina. This book depicts holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule.

  • ASDA

    Portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore and the general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina. This book depicts holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule.

  • Blackwell

    Procopius was a trusted member of the Byzantine establishment whose official works glorify the deeds of the Emperor Justinian. Yet all the while, the dutiful scribe was working on a book that could never be published during his lifetime ...

  • Pickabook

    Procopius, G. Williamson (Trans), Peter Sarris (Editor)

  • 0140455280
  • 9780140455281
  • Procopius
  • 4 October 2007
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 176
  • New Ed. /
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