![]() ![]() ![]() 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.įrom the vibrant streets and erotic stage shows of sixth century Constantinople to the holy desert retreats of Alexandria, THEODORA is an extraordinary imaginative achievement from one of our finest writers. When her father is killed, the young Theodora is forced into near slavery to survive. In Stella Duffy's breathtaking new novel, she comes to life again - a fascinating, controversial and seductive woman. Theodora of Constantinople rose from nothing to become the most powerful woman in the history of Byzantine Rome. Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore: A Novel is written by Stella Duffy and published by Penguin Books (P-US). '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.Ĭharming, charismatic, heroic. Charming, charismatic, heroic Theodora of Constantinople rose from nothing to become the most powerful woman in the history of Byzantine Rome. Telling the story of Theodora, Stella Duffys novel evokes the sights and sounds of sixth-century Constantinople and Alexandria as it traces Theodoras. This Theodora is by nature a sceptic, but when. ![]() The brilliant novel from the author of SINGLING OUT THE COUPLES, STATE OF HAPPINESS and PARALLEL LIES now in B format. Duffy takes her heroine seriously, including the religious obsessions of a society in which the divinity of Christ was hotly debated in the streets. ![]()
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