Stella Duffy
The Purple Shroud
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I am your Empress, sir. I stand in the purple beside you, here with your men, your advisers, your generals. I know it has been said that too often I speak where a woman should remain silent. It may be inappropriate, but this crisis does not call for what is appropriate, it calls for what is right.Once, Theodora was little more than a slave, running barefoot through the streets of Constantinople. Now she is Theou doron, 'the Gift of God', Empress of Byzantine Rome and the most powerful woman in the world. Clever, courageous and ruthless when betrayed, Theodora rules alongside her husband, the Emperor Justinian. While wars rage on the borders o…
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I am your Empress, sir. I stand in the purple beside you, here with your men, your advisers, your generals. I know it has been said that too often I speak where a woman should remain silent. It may be inappropriate, but this crisis does not call for what is appropriate, it calls for what is right.Once, Theodora was little more than a slave, running barefoot through the streets of Constantinople. Now she is Theou doron, 'the Gift of God', Empress of Byzantine Rome and the most powerful woman in the world. Clever, courageous and ruthless when betrayed, Theodora rules alongside her husband, the Emperor Justinian. While wars rage on the borders of the Empire, she discovers that the greatest danger to her reign - and her life - lies much closer to home. From the catastrophic and terrifying riots that burn through the city, to vengeful enemies at the palace, to plagues and plots and murder, Theodora learns what it truly means to be Empress.'Hard-nosed, cruel, imaginative, kind, frustrated, generous, ruthless: Theodora is, in Duffy's hands, a richly paradoxical character from whom the light of life shines brightly'Guardian'Duffy's prose is indulgently rich and her scholarship impressive. This sumptuous courtly novel revolves around Theodora's intriguing character'Literary Review
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84408-778-5
- EAN: 9781844087785
- Produktnummer: 14520468
- Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Masse: H12.9 cm x B19.7 cm x D2.6 cm 318 g
- Gewicht: 318
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Stella Duffy has written thirteen novels, over fifty short stories, and ten plays. She has twice won Stonewall Writer of the Year and twice won the CWA Short Story Dagger. HBO have optioned her two Theodora novels for television. In addition to her writing work, Stella is a theatre-maker and the co-director of the national Fun Palaces campaign for greater access to culture for all. She was awarded an OBE in 2016 for services to the Arts. Her website is www.stelladuffy.wordpress.com.
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