by Cecelia Holland · tapa dura · ISBN 9780394527918
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«The Belt of Gold» is the historical novel by Cecelia Holland, published by Alfred A. Knopf in hardcover (305 pages, in English).
The nobleman Hagan returns from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and, dazzled by Constantinople, becomes trapped in the court of Empress Irene. The novel portrays the splendor and violence of Byzantium as Hagan's fate collides with Irene's ambition and the machinations of John Cerulis.
The action takes place in the Byzantine Empire; bibliographic records classify the work as historical fiction about Empress Irene (752-803) and her reign (797-802).
For readers of historical fiction and stories set in the Byzantine world.
Cecelia Holland is an American historical novelist.
