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Seizing Power

The Empress Irini Series, Volume 3

Janet McGiffin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Scotland Street Press

Published:14th Feb '24

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Historical Feminist Fiction for YA readers.

Book three of The Empress Irini Series, following the life of the only woman to rule ancient Byzantium in her own right. Irini's struggle for power pits her against her own son Constantine, all seen through the loyal but questioning eyes of abbess Thekla. Can she even attempt to right the wrongs of a power-crazed family?

The third book in The Empress Irini Series, charting the extraordinary rise to power of Irini of Athens.

 

Constantine’s father dies unexpectedly, making Constantine emperor at age nine with Irini as Regent. Abbess Thekla’s loyalty to Irini shifts to Constantine as she watches Irini block his authority and keep the power herself. Irini makes Constantine wed the disliked Maria, prevents the Senate from naming him Emperor in his own right at age 18, and imprisons him when he tries to stop her henchmen from amassing wealth and power. Constantine’s army friends free him, arrest her, and raise him to the throne. Resourceful as ever, Irini will not be thwarted. Can Thekla prevent them from murdering each other?

 

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ISBN: 9781910895818

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 244g

250 pages