I've been reading a number of Doctor Who novels and short stories lately, and all in all I really enjoyed them. This Time Trip short story features the Second Doctor and his companions and I have to admit that I didn't know anything about them. So it's not possible for me to review the portrayal g...
Sigue hacia abajo para encontrar la reseña en español.I got this review copy from NetGalley.As it happened with the short story about the Third Doctor, deep knowledge of this specific Doctor and his companions is not necessary to enjoy the story. I've only watched one story arc about the Second Doct...
When Saz is asked to look into the disappearance of a woman that's not a strange or new thing, but when the guy she's looking for doesn't know the name of this woman or even where she lives her curiousity is piqued. She searches for this girl in both London and New York, finding both complex issues ...
Stella Duffy’s initial introduction to Theodora of Constantinople highlights her life prior to her rise to the most powerful woman in the land. In The Purple Shroud readers are taken on the next stage of her journey, showcasing the adaptations this remarkable woman had to make in order to be the em...
Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore is the fictional biography of Theodora of Constantinople by Stella Duffy. Theodora was a lowborn woman with a disreputable past who later became Empress of Rome and a Saint in the Orthodox Church.Theodora was the daughter of a bear trainer and a common woman. After ...
I'm always excited to learn about an influential historical figure that I had not heard of before and seriously, this title draws attention. You can't argue with that. So, obviously, I don't know all the Roman emperors. In fact, I'd never heard of Justinian before and thus had never wondered about h...
Most Western history consigns the centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire to the Dark Ages, not spending much time discussing the growing strength of the East during that period, centered on the new Rome of Constantinople (later Byzantium, now Istanbul). The names of Byzantium's le...
3.5 stars. Sixth century Byzantium is not a time period I normally read about and I had never heard of Theodora before, but her story sounded interesting so I decided to give it a try. I’m glad I did! I enjoyed Theodora’s story – a performer-turned-whore-turned-high-class-courtesan-becomes- empre...
When considering famous women in ancient history, Cleopatra and Nefertiti are just two women that immediately come to mind. Theodora of Constantinople is not. Yet, given her background and upbringing, it is one of the more extreme and shocking rags-to-riches story of its time, if not of history. Ste...
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