Procopius

Broschiertes Buch

The Secret History

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Very little is known about Procopius. He was born in Palestine around AD 500 and fought for the Byzantine Empire in Persia, Africa and Italy. G. A. Williamson (1895-1982) also translated Josephus: The Jewish Wars (1959) and Eusebius: The History of the Church (1965) for Penguin Classics. Peter Sarris is a University Lecturer in Early Medieval History and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 164mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 138g
• ISBN-13: 9780140455281
• ISBN-10: 0140455280
• Artikelnr.: 23022973