Theodora

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
Charming, charismatic, heroic - Theodora of Constantinople rose from nothing to become the most powerful woman in the history of Byzantine Rome. In Stella Duffy''s breathtaking new novel, she comes to life again - a fascinating, controversial and seductive woma...