by Michel de Grèce · Olivier Orban · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782855654232
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«Le palais des larmes» is the historical novel by Michel de Grèce, published by Olivier Orban in paperback (358 pages, in French).
The novel follows Theodora from her childhood in a poor district of Constantinople and her youth as an actress and courtesan to her rise to the throne alongside Emperor Justinian. Set in the sixth century, it portrays a strong-willed, sometimes cruel woman, mistress of her own destiny, who became a central figure of the Byzantine Empire.
Originally published in 1988, the work bears the subtitle «roman»; the corresponding ISBN-13 is 9782855654232.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the Byzantine Empire and in fictionalized portraits of powerful women.
