Written with passion and personal malice, the Secret History of Procopius is a scathing indictment of the emperor Justinian and his sixth-century Byzantine court. Never has there been a more calculated attempt to ruin an entire reign in the eyes of posterity. Procopius writes of:
. . . How the Great General Belisarius was hoodwinked by his wife, whose lover became a monk.
. . . How Theodora, most depraved of all empresses, won Justinian's love.
. . . How she saved five hundred harlots from a life of sin, made off with her own natural son, and other curious incidents of her passion.
- ISBN10 1374814857
- ISBN13 9781374814851
- Publish Date 24 May 2017 (first published 6 July 1960)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Pinnacle Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English