Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore
by:
Stella Duffy (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781844086900 (1844086909)
Publish date: June 3rd 2010
Publisher: Virago Press (UK)
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Italy,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Medieval,
Drama,
Religion,
Glbt,
Queer,
Ancient
Series: Empress Theodora (#1)
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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