by Odile Weulersse · FRANCE LOISIRS / FLAMMARION · tapa dura · ISBN 9782744157882
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«Théodora Courtisane et impératrice» is the historical novel by Odile Weulersse, published by France Loisirs/Flammarion in hardback (395 pages, in French).
The novel narrates the life of Theodora, one of the most influential empresses of the Byzantine Empire, and her rise from her origins as a courtesan to becoming a powerful and respected figure. Weulersse reconstructs the historical, political and religious context of the era through the portrait of her protagonist.
The edition, published in 2002, is in hardback with dust jacket and includes two black-and-white maps as inserts.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the Byzantine Empire and in portraits of women who came to wield power.
French academic and novelist
