The Secret History

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The Secret History

Wydawnictwo: penguin_classics

ISBN: 978-01-4045-528-1

ISBN bez myślników: 9780140455281

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 176

Data wydania: 2007-10-04

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

The Secret History

Wydawnictwo: Penguin

ISBN: 978-01-4191-584-5

ISBN bez myślników: 9780141915845

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 176

Data wydania: 2007-10-04

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

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The Secret History

Procopius

Pierwsze wydanie: 2007-10-04

A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be published only once its author was safely in his grave. The Secret History portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore, and the brilliant general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina. Magnificently hyperbolic and highly opinionated, The Secret History is a work of explosive energy, depicting holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule.