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Historical Non Fiction - Antony Bridge - Theodora: Portrait in a Byzantine Landscape Kindle Edition
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Theodora was a Byzantine courtesan who rose from the gutter to the throne. As a story hers is as romantic and improbable as that of Cinderella; and yet it actually happened.
The Byzantines were a remarkable people, and they produced some remarkable women, but by any standards Theodora must rank as one of the most remarkable of them all. She has been slandered by her enemies, including one malicious historian and a host of churchmen, and some of the scandalous stories they told about her may have been partly true; nevertheless she also had great qualities, and it is time that the record was put straight.
If Theodora herself was a fascinating person, many of the people amongst whom she moved were little less so, and this account of her life and times is a pageant in which emperors and barbarian kings, popes and patriarchs, eunuchs of great merit and generals of genius, heretics and their orthodox opponents, charioteers and ladies of easy virtue, saints and sinners move in and out of the limelight in a thoroughly Byzantine fashion.
Review ..". Bridge's book, with its exceptionally vivid and evocative style, brings the period alive." "Library Journal""
"A remarkable story in an entertaining, informative book." "Wall Street Journal""
.".. Bridge's book, with its exceptionally vivid and evocative style, brings the period alive." -- "Library Journal"
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Theodora was a Byzantine courtesan who rose from the gutter to the throne. As a story hers is as romantic and improbable as that of Cinderella; and yet it actually happened.
The Byzantines were a remarkable people, and they produced some remarkable women, but by any standards Theodora must rank as one of the most remarkable of them all. She has been slandered by her enemies, including one malicious historian and a host of churchmen, and some of the scandalous stories they told about her may have been partly true; nevertheless she also had great qualities, and it is time that the record was put straight.
If Theodora herself was a fascinating person, many of the people amongst whom she moved were little less so, and this account of her life and times is a pageant in which emperors and barbarian kings, popes and patriarchs, eunuchs of great merit and generals of genius, heretics and their orthodox opponents, charioteers and ladies of easy virtue, saints and sinners move in and out of the limelight in a thoroughly Byzantine fashion.
Review ..". Bridge's book, with its exceptionally vivid and evocative style, brings the period alive." "Library Journal"""A remarkable story in an entertaining, informative book." "Wall Street Journal""
.".. Bridge's book, with its exceptionally vivid and evocative style, brings the period alive." -- "Library Journal"
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- ASIN : B09XY429YB
- Publisher : Lume Books (13 April 2022)
- Language : English
- File size : 2307 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 240 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,579 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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