The Purple Shroud
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:6th Jun '13
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
* Existing author website http://stelladuffy.wordpress.com/ * Online promotion through Virago channels * Twitter activity through the Theodora account
* A sequel to the hugely acclaimed, award-winning historical novel THEODORA
Once, Theodora was little more than a slave, the daughter of a bear-keeper, running barefoot through the streets of Constantinople. Now she is Theoudoron, 'the Gift of God', Empress of Byzantine Rome and the most powerful woman in the world.
'Hard-nosed, cruel, imaginative, kind, frustrated, generous, ruthless: Theodora is, in Duffy's hands, a richly paradoxical character from whom the light of life shines brightly' GUARDIAN
In Stella Duffy's compelling new novel, the beguiling and extraordinary Empress Theodora emerges from the shadow of history into brilliant light. Clever, courageous and ruthless when betrayed, Theodora rules alongside her husband, the Emperor Justinian - a true love match in a world of political marriages. But while wars rage on the borders of the Empire, Theodora discovers that the greatest danger to her reign - and her life - lies much closer to home.
'Highly enjoyable' SUNDAY TIMES
'A writer who never lets you down' ALI SMITH
- Long-listed for Green Carnation Prize 2012 (UK)
ISBN: 9781844087785
Dimensions: 150mm x 199mm x 28mm
Weight: 278g
400 pages