The Secret History
of Procopius
Description
Having dutifully written the official war history of Justinian's reign, Procopius turned round and revealed in The Secret History the other faces of the leading men and women of Byzantium in the sixth century. Justinian, the great law-giver, appears as a hateful tyrant, wedded to an ex-prostitute, Theodora; and Belisarius, the brilliant general whose secretary Procopius had been, is seen as the pliable dupe of his wife Antonina, a woman as corrupt and scheming as Theodora herself.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 208 pages
- Publisher Penguin Classics
- Publication Date March 25th 1982
- First Publication 11/06/50
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140441826
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
- Scenario ['Byzantine Empire']
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