Secret History
Procopius author Richard Atwater translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Michigan Press
Published:6th Jul '60
Should be back in stock very soon
Written with passion and personal malice, the Secret History of Procopius is a scathing indictment of the emperor Justinian and his sixth-century Byzantine court. Never has there been a more calculated attempt to ruin an entire reign in the eyes of posterity. Procopius writes of:
. . . How the Great General Belisarius was hoodwinked by his wife, whose lover became a monk.
. . . How Theodora, most depraved of all empresses, won Justinian's love.
. . . How she saved five hundred harlots from a life of sin, made off with her own natural son, and other curious incidents of her passion.
". . . a first-rate job. . . the translation is not only lucid, but wholly engaging and compelling."
—Dudley Fitts
". . . ranks as one of the supreme hatchet jobs of all time. . ."
—Newsweek
"The outstanding example of vituperative literature that has come to us from all antiquity."
—Arthur E. R. Boak
ISBN: 9780472087280
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
168 pages