by Gillian Bradshaw · Ediciones El País · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498152364
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«Teodora, emperatriz de Bizancio» is the historical novel by Gillian Bradshaw, published by Ediciones El País in paperback (332 pages, in Spanish).
The work focuses on Theodora, who went from a humble origin and a controversial past to becoming empress of Byzantium. Alongside her husband Justinian I, she influenced political and religious affairs, and promoted legal reforms favorable to women in areas such as marriage, divorce and adultery. Her ambition and intelligence led her to accumulate power, while her past as an actress and courtesan threatened to come to light.
The book belongs to the El País Novela Histórica collection. Its original title is «The Bearkeeper's Daughter», first published in 1987, and this Spanish edition dates from 2005.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction interested in the Byzantine Empire and in female figures who defied the social norms of their time.
Gillian Marucha Bradshaw is an American writer of historical fiction, historical fantasy, children's literature, science fiction, and contemporary science-based novels, who lives in Britain. Her serious historical novels are often set in classical antiquity — Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Byzantine Empire, Saka and the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Imperial Rome, Sub-Roman Britain and Roman Britain. She has also written two novels set in the English Civil War.
