Theodora: Portrait in a Byzantine Landscape
- ISBN-10
- 0897333942
- ISBN-13
- 9780897333948
- Series
- Theodora
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 214
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-08-01
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Author
- Antony Bridge
Description
A biography of the Byzantine courtesan who rose from the gutter to the throne of an Empire.
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