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The author tells of the rise of a poor girl to empress theodora. Set in new england, it tells the story of a closely knit group of six classics students at hampden college, a small, elite vermont college based upon bennington college, where tartt was a student between 1982 and 1986. Where theodora went, trouble followed in sixth century constantinople, one woman, theodora, defied every convention and all the odds, and rose from being a common theater tart to become empress of a great kingdom, the most powerful woman the. Stephanie thornton is a writer and history teacher who has been obsessed with infamous women from ancient history since she was twelve. Stephanie thorntons novel of empress theodora brought to mind the story of eva peron. Where theodora went, trouble followed in sixthcentury constantinople, one woman, theodora, defied every convention and all the odds and rose from common theater. Stephanie thornton writes a remarkable first novel that brings a little known. The woman whose image was later immortalized in glittering mosaic. I have long been fascinated by the woman, and even have a photo of the famous ravenna murals of her and her husband, emperor justinian, on. Theodora of the byzantine empire and pharaoh hatshepsut. Along the way the author has created enough twists and turns to keep you guessing who did what when. In sixthcentury constantinople, one woman, theodora, defied every convention and all the odds and rose from, isbn 9780451417787 buy the the secret history. Stephanie thornton im currently eyeballdeep in writing the conquerors wife, a novel about alexander the great, as told from the point of view of his youngest sister,more im currently eyeballdeep in writing the conquerors wife, a novel about alexander the great, as told from the point of view of his youngest sister, his childhood friend and lover, a persian princess, and his.
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