Gift of God

From the blood-soaked sands of the arena to the golden throne of Byzantium, one woman would change the course of an empire.Born as Tirtsa in the shadow of Constantinople's great arena, Theodora carries an ancient and dangerous secret — the forbidden faith of the Ebionites, who believed Jesus was a human chosen by God, not a deity. As she rises from actress and courtesan to Empress of the Byzantine...