The Secret History

Procopius

ISBN 10: 0140441824 ISBN 13: 9780140441826

Published by Penguin Classics, 1981

Language: English

Condition: Used - Good Soft cover

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Translated with an introduction by G. A. Williamson. Cover and edge wear, creased corners, sticker shadow on the rear. Firm binding, clean text.

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Title

The Secret History

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Publication Date

1981

Language

English

ISBN 10

0140441824

ISBN 13

9780140441826

Binding

Mass Market Paperback

Condition

Good

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A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be published only once its author was safely in his grave. The Secret History portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore, and the brilliant general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina. Magnificently hyperbolic and highly opinionated, The Secret History is a work of explosive energy, depicting holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule.

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Very little is known about Procopius. He was born in Palestine around AD 500 and fought for the Byzantine Empire in Persia, Africa and Italy.
G.A. Williamson has translated Eusebius and Josephus for the Penguin Classics.

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