![]() ![]() * how the great general Belisarius was hoodwinked by his wife * how Theodora humiliated the conqueror of Africa and Italy * how Justinian created a new law permitting him to marry a courtesan * Justinian and Theodora: fiends in human form * the deceptive affability and piety of a tyrant * what happened to those who fell out of favor with Theodora * and much more.Īn enthralling read, this curio of ancient history will fascinate anyone interested in tales of royal intrigue. ![]() ![]() In this 1927 translation by RICHARD ATWATER (1892-1998), considered the best available, Procopius gives us all the scoop on: 500-565) traveled with the army of Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I as a military adviser, and published his accounts of the wars the emperor fought in his eight-volume History of the Wars.īut what was the real story of life with Justinian, his wife, Theodora, and Justinian's greatest general, Belisarius? Procopius' Secret History was so scandalous that he withheld it during his lifetime, and in fact, it was not published until 1623. Abstract: The Ankdota or Secret History of Procopius of Caesarea tends to raise perplexity among scholars for different reasons, particularly the fact that. (Procopius of Caesarea: Tyranny, History, and Philosophy at the End of. The last major ancient historian, Byzantine scholar PROCOPIUS OF CAESAREA (c. hand and modelled on the proemium to Book 8 of Procopius History of the Wars. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() In The Women of the Bible Speak, Fox News Channel's Shannon Bream opens up the lives of sixteen of these Biblical women, arranging them into pairs and contrasting their journeys. The first person to witness Jesus’ resurrection was Mary Magdalene, who promptly became the first Christian evangelist, eager to share the news which would change the world forever. The Bible contains warriors like Jael, judges like Deborah, and prophets like Miriam. It was Queen Esther’s bravery at a vital point in history which saved her entire people. But in fact, they were central figures in numerous Biblical tales. People unfamiliar with Scripture often assume that women play a small, secondary role in the Bible. The women of the Bible lived timeless stories-by examining them, we can understand what it means to be a woman of faith. ![]() ![]() But while for many of my classmates, Bruno and Boots, the two main protagonists, were of course their favourites, I for one, and being a bit of a nerd myself, developed a huge literary crush on science-obsessed classmate Elmer (and absolutely loved how at the end of This Can't be Happening at MacDonald Hall!, the supposed UFO Elmer claims to have seen, turns out to be a young diplomat's son stuck in a hot air balloon, in retrospect, a scenario almost as strange as the possibility of the supposed visitors from outer space, especially considering that the diplomat hails from an imaginary country, but oh boy, did I ever enjoy that entire final sequence as a teenager and did I ever love reading about Bruno, Boots, Elmer, the neighbouring all girls' academy, and yes, even MacDonald Hall's principal, Mr. ![]() ![]() A fun and totally engaging Canadian-themed boys' boarding school story (and which was in fact originally penned by author Gordon Korman as a school writing project when he supposedly was only twelve years old), as young teenagers, my friends and I read This Can't be Happening at MacDonald Hall! (and post this, also a number of the sequels) over and over again, as they were quick reads and kept us smiling and laughing. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments American queen simone![]() ![]() One of the things I loved was how Greer constantly spoke her mind. You feel for these characters immediately. ![]() Sierra Simone can write angst like no one else. I loved Priest, but I think American Queen is even better! Holy Moly Sierra Simone has done it again. You can read more on my disclosures page. Goodreads This post contains affiliate links. ![]() My name is Greer Galloway, and I serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States. It starts with buried secrets and dangerous desires…and ends with the three of us bound together with a hateful love sharper than any barbed wire. It starts with the President sending his best friend to woo me on his behalf, and it ends with my heart split in two. It starts with a stolen kiss under an English sky, and it ends with a walk down the aisle. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Emerald blaze by ilona andrews![]() Piper Center for Creative Writing of Arizona State University. This is a paid workshop offered through Virginia J. In a very rare turn of events, we agreed to teach a workshop on worldbuilding. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WORLDBUILDING WORKSHOP Please follow through if you plan to attend. Zoom is a good program but it’s not meant to host very large gatherings, so most stops on our tour will ask you to register in advance. Zoom is video-conferencing software, which you can sign up for here: ZOOM. You just have to have a Facebook account and visit the right page at the right time. You don’t need to register for a Facebook Live meeting. ![]() ZOOM/FACEBOOK LIVEĪll stops on our tour are using either Zoom or Facebook Live. ![]() For obvious reasons, we can’t do a real book tour, but we are doing a virtual one, which means everyone can go. EMERALD BLAZE is releasing on August 25, 2020. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Monster blood tattoo series![]() ![]() Stunning in scope and rich in detail, alive with memorable heroes and villains and brimming with new and original science and magics, D.M. And all Rossamund carries with him is a battered almanac and a pocketful of cheap potions. ![]() Only monster-hunters, leers and the most desperate of brigands dare travel the inland ways unguarded. Such a road is not for the faint of heart. But for Rossamund to begin his education, he must first undertake a journey of his own: to the great city of High Vesting. ![]() He is being sent to train as a Lamplighter - to bring light to the inland roads of the Half-Continent, to shine the way for travellers through lands peopled by outcasts, monsters and worse. But fate has chosen him for a different path. Rossamund has always dreamed of a career in the Navy, fighting tentacled monsters and rescuing damsels from hook-handed pirates. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Darkhenge![]() ![]() It's classed as a YA book, but there's no dumbing-down in the language at all. It makes most other YA (even most adult) fantasy I've read recently seem crassly simplistic in its approach to the fantastic aspects of their worlds. And a real poetic use of myth and how it relates to the psyche - the whole thing is wonderfully subtle, without ever being less than readable. It reminded me of the best of Alan Garner, Susan Cooper and Robert Holdstock - a way of conjuring the landscape (in this case around Avebury, Wiltshire) and weaving it into the lives of her characters that leaves me in awe. I've just finished it and thought it was fantastic, the kind of story I've been looking for for years without realising it. ![]() ![]() Has anyone else read her "Darkhenge"? It didn't come up when I did a forum search. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments A game of thrones book 1![]() ![]() To the south, the king’s powers are failing-his most trusted adviser dead under mysterious circumstances and his enemies emerging from the shadows of the throne. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. ![]() Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. Mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill the pages of this magnificent saga, the first volume in an epic series sure to delight fantasy fans everywhere. Martin has launched a genuine masterpiece, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONESįrom a master of contemporary fantasy comes the first novel of a landmark series unlike any you’ve ever read before. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Clean getaway book![]() Set against the backdrop of the segregation history of the American South, take a trip with this New York Times bestseller and an eleven-year-old boy who is about to discover that the world hasn't always been a welcoming place for kids like him, and things aren't always what they seem-his G'ma included. ![]() Even when G'ma starts acting stranger than usual. It holds history, memories, and most important, the way home.Ī Cell Phone: Avoid contact with Dad at all costs. Use the Green Book: G'ma's most treasured possession. ![]() Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED.įasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either. How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma: ![]() From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a timely middle-grade road-trip story through landmarks of the Civil Rights movement and the map they lay for contemporary race relations. ![]() ![]() A word from the new Commissar of the theater can destroy them. Although, they have an apartment in Budapest, although Gaby's husband runs the Lyric Theater, and Gaby herself still can afford an occasional new dress and trip to the beauty parlor, they live in constant fear. Since the war Gaby, her husband, and hated mother-in-law have been living on borrowed time ? and they know it. ![]() This enthralling novel will shock you with its immediacy and touch you with its portrait of all-too-human men and women desperately struggling to survive under a totalitarian regime. No one up to now has so vividly presented the lives of ordinary people under Communist rule in the satellite countries. In this, her first novel, she tells what happens to a gay, frivolous woman, born only to give and receive pleasure, under the crushing, implacable Communist regime. ![]() In I Am Fifteen - And I Don't Want To Die this beautiful and talented author told the story of her own dramatic experiences in Hungary during and after the war. A suspenseful novel about life in Hungary before the recent rebellion by one who knows what it was really like because she was there. ![]() |