Now Comes Theodora

Author : Daniel Ford
Publisher : Backinprint.com
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0595089178

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Now Comes Theodora by Daniel Ford Pdf

Author : Daniel Ford
Publisher : Warbird Books
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Now Comes Theodora by Daniel Ford Pdf

"A richly colorful novel," said the New York Times, but in the author's home town, the bookstore manager kept it under the counter and sold it only to those who dared ask for it. Woodstock was still four years in the future, and American students were more concerned about nuclear weapons than a war in Vietnam. But already there was something blowing in the wind, as the young Daniel Ford was among the first to document in his debut novel. "It is impossible not to keep on watching them," said The New Yorker of his heroine and his anti-heroes, and the Los Angeles Times agreed: "An effervescent eye-opener."

Author : Daniel Ford
Publisher : Warbird Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1732230013

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Now Comes Theodora by Daniel Ford Pdf

"A richly colorful novel"--New York Times In the words of the New Hampshire statute, "now comes Theodora" to file for divorce from Colin, who'd rather march for world peace than stay home with his pregnant wife. She and the baby take refuge with Boris, photographer of nudes, who in all innocence finds himself in love for the first time in his life. Daniel Ford's debut novel is a fascinating cameo of university life in the 1960s--before Woodstock, before Vietnam, but not before student rebels. "It is impossible not to keep on watching them, simply because they are so human and so young and selfish and opinionated and anxious ... The clear-sighted, unangry Mr. Ford will undoubtedly write another novel, which means we all have something to look forward to."--The New Yorker

Author : Theodora Taylor
Publisher : Theodora Taylor
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780984919383

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Wolf and Prejudice by Theodora Taylor Pdf

When her friend, Chloe disappears under very mysterious circumstances, professor Alisha Ataneq refuses to let sleeping wolves lie. And she’s definitely not going to let Chloe’s ex-fiance, Rafe Nightwolf, the powerful Alpha King of Colorado, stop her from finding out what happened to her sweet friend. But here’s what Alisha doesn’t know… Rafe Nightwolf wants her—has wanted her badly for a very long time. And now that his engagement is off and Alisha is finally within reach, he won’t let anything or anyone get in his way. Including Alisha. Which is why in a shocking twist, she goes to extreme lengths to escape his clutches. But here’s what Alisha doesn’t know… Rafe will do something even more extreme to get her back. Nothing will stop him from claiming his mate.... READER WARNING: This smoking hot romance contains a truly epic love story with mind-blowing twists and turns. It should only be read by those who prefer their alphas intense, infuriating, and invincible. * * * And don’t forget to check out the other books in the Alpha Kings series!* * * Her Viking Wolf Wolf and Punishment Wolf and Prejudice Wolf and Soul Her Viking Wolves

Author : Stella Duffy
Publisher : Virago
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780748126590

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Theodora by Stella Duffy Pdf

Justinian took a wife: and the manner she was born and bred, and wedded to this man, tore up the Roman Empire by the very roots' Procopius Charming, charismatic, heroic - Theodora of Constantinople rose from nothing to become the most powerful woman in the history of Byzantine Rome. In Stella Duffy's breathtaking new novel, she comes to life again - a fascinating, controversial and seductive woman. Some called her a saint. Others were not so kind... When her father is killed, the young Theodora is forced into near slavery to survive. But just as she learns to control her body as a dancer, and for the men who can afford her, so she is determined to shape a very different fate for herself. From the vibrant streets and erotic stage shows of sixth century Constantinople to the holy desert retreats of Alexandria, Theodora is an extraordinary imaginative achievement from one of our finest writers.

Author : Penny Culliford
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780310864325

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Theodora's Diary by Penny Culliford Pdf

Saturday 8th May. Emergency!It is 11:30 p.m. and I am suffering from an incredibly intense chocolate craving that will not leave me in spite of prayer, distraction activities and half a loaf of bread and butter. Got out of bed and searched the flat. No luck. Not even a bourbon biscuit. Not even a cream egg left from Easter. All the shops are closed so no nipping out to replenish supplies. Nothing else for it. I’m reduced to the chocoholic’s equivalent of meths—cooking chocolate.It’s been one of those days for Theodora. Her mother has become the Greek equivalent of Delia Smith, her boyfriend would rather watch 22 men kick a ball around a field than go shopping with her, and chintzy Charity Hubble wants to pray for her. And of course, the crowning insult is her utter lack of chocolate. Join in her daily life with all of its challenges and joys, tears and laughter.“Theodora’s Diary is a hilarious and realistic peek into the life of a sprightly Christian sister living ‘across the pond.’ I found myself laughing out loud and thinking, ‘Yes, life is just like this!’ Penny Culliford is a welcome new voice in inspirational fiction.” --Angela Hunt, author of The Debt.

Author : Theodora Benson
Publisher : British Library Women Writers
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0712353984

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Which Way? by Theodora Benson Pdf

'There was no one in the room. Blinds and curtains were closed; the light of the skies, if any, was shut out. ... Only the fire was alive, consuming its life--for what? Then the door opened and as Claudia came with hurried steps into the fire's glow, two open letters in her hand, the telephone began ringing. She shut the door and turned up the lights.' Claudia Heseltine returns to this moment three times in a series of parallel narratives. As the novel presses the re-set button, she accepts each invitation, one by telephone, two by letter, to a specific social event, and in doing so her life goes down a different path with its own possibilities and achievements, sorrows, and disappointments. This is an inventive novel, published in 1931, which contemplates the consequences of a single decision. Part of a curated collection of forgotten works by early to mid-century women writers, the British Library Women Writers series highlights the best middlebrow fiction from the 1910s to the 1960s, offering escapism, popular appeal, and plenty of period detail to amuse, surprise and inform.

Author : David Potter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199392537

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Theodora by David Potter Pdf

Two of the most famous mosaics from the ancient world, in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, depict the sixth-century emperor Justinian and, on the wall facing him, his wife, Theodora (497-548). This majestic portrait gives no inkling of Theodora's very humble beginnings or her improbable rise to fame and power. Raised in a family of circus performers near Constantinople's Hippodrome, she abandoned a successful acting career in her late teens to follow a lover whom she was legally forbidden to marry. When he left her, she was a single mother who built a new life for herself as a secret agent, in which role she met the heir to the throne. To the shock of the ruling elite, the two were married, and when Justinian assumed power in 527, they ruled the Eastern Roman Empire together. Their reign was the most celebrated in Byzantine history, bringing wealth, prestige, and even Rome itself back to the Empire. Theodora was one of the dominant political figures of her era, helping shape imperial foreign and domestic policy and twice saving her husband from threatened deposition. She played a central role trying to solve the religious disputes of her era and proactively assisted women who were being trafficked. An extraordinarily able politician, she excited admiration and hatred from those around her. Enemies wrote extensively and imaginatively about her presumed early career as a prostitute, while supporters elevated her, quite literally, to sainthood. Theodora's is a tale of a woman of exceptional talent who overcame immense obstacles to achieve incredible power, which she exercised without ever forgetting where she had come from. In Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint, David Potter penetrates the highly biased accounts of her found in the writings of her contemporaries and takes advantage of the latest research on early Byzantium to craft a modern, well-rounded, and engaging narrative of Theodora's life. This fascinating portrait will intrigue all readers with an interest in ancient and women's history.

Author : Kristina Evans
Publisher : Kristina Evans
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781724934901

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Theodora Turner sees the spiral of lifetimes by Kristina Evans Pdf

Siblings were meant to live a normal life but a brother hosted another being. The interference had dire consequences as a sister lived a life, she wasn’t meant to. The supernatural intervened and she found herself exposed to her past lives. She could have spiralled and lived a meaningless life but she chose to reach out and touch her soul mate. Now, she lives the life that was ordained and shares her story of when she lived amongst you as Theodora Turner.

Author : Paolo Cesaretti
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780865652804

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Theodora by Paolo Cesaretti Pdf

An Italian historian’s prize-winning biography of the sixth-century Byzantine empress. Theodora of Byzantium rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most powerful women of the ancient world. As the wife of Emperor Justinian, she was more than a mere figurehead, acting as Justinian’s partner in both politics and life. Though she was ruthlessly criticized by her contemporaries, historian and biographer Paolo Cesaretti shows her to be an ambitious woman and brilliant ruler whose cunning saved the empire time and again. She defied the conventions of her time and triumphed over those who sought to defame and destroy her. This meticulously researched and richly detailed biography won Italy’s prestigious Ginzano Cavour Prize.

Author : David Potter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199392391

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Theodora by David Potter Pdf

Two of the most famous mosaics from the ancient world, in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, depict the sixth-century emperor Justinian and, on the wall facing him, his wife, Theodora (497-548). This majestic portrait gives no inkling of Theodora's very humble beginnings or her improbable rise to fame and power. Raised in a family of circus performers near Constantinople's Hippodrome, she abandoned a successful acting career in her late teens to follow a lover whom she was legally forbidden to marry. When he left her, she was a single mother who built a new life for herself as a secret agent, in which role she met the heir to the throne. To the shock of the ruling elite, the two were married, and when Justinian assumed power in 527, they ruled the Eastern Roman Empire together. Their reign was the most celebrated in Byzantine history, bringing wealth, prestige, and even Rome itself back to the Empire. Theodora was one of the dominant political figures of her era, helping shape imperial foreign and domestic policy and twice saving her husband from threatened deposition. She played a central role trying to solve the religious disputes of her era and proactively assisted women who were being trafficked. An extraordinarily able politician, she excited admiration and hatred from those around her. Enemies wrote extensively and imaginatively about her presumed early career as a prostitute, while supporters elevated her, quite literally, to sainthood. Theodora's is a tale of a woman of exceptional talent who overcame immense obstacles to achieve incredible power, which she exercised without ever forgetting where she had come from. In Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint, David Potter penetrates the highly biased accounts of her found in the writings of her contemporaries and takes advantage of the latest research on early Byzantium to craft a modern, well-rounded, and engaging narrative of Theodora's life. This fascinating portrait will intrigue all readers with an interest in ancient and women's history.

Author : Lucy Cogan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000455298

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Theodora, A Novel by Lucy Cogan Pdf

Theodora, A Novel by Dorothea Du Bois, published in 1770, is an entertaining and frequently shocking tale of a young woman’s efforts to regain her position in high society after her aristocratic father’s abandonment of and denial of marriage to her mother. The two-volume work is a thinly-veiled fictionalisation of Du Bois’s eventful personal history and the novel represents just one prong of what was a very public campaign to assert what she believed was her rightful place among the nobility of Ireland and Britain. Central to the narrative of Theodora is the powerlessness of women in the face of a system, moral, social and legal, that was designed to enshrine and protect patriarchal interests. In this manner Theodora exposes the gross injustices of eighteenth century society. This scholarly edition of Du Bois’s novel introduces readers to a unique voice in women’s writing of the eighteenth century that has been undeservedly dismissed by literary history for far too long.

Author : Stella Duffy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101603734

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The Purple Shroud by Stella Duffy Pdf

Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore, Stella Duffy's chronicle of this amazing woman's early years, delighted readers with its exquisite blend of historical detail and vivid storytelling. Now, The Purple Shroud chronicles Theodora at the height of her power, bringing the ancient world alive in another unforgettable, epic saga. Theodora and Justinian have been crowned Emperor and Empress, but ruling an empire is no easy task. The two factions of Christianity are still battling for dogmatic supremacy, the Empire's borders are not secure, and Theodora worries about the ambitions of Justinian's two best generals. But the most pressing concern is close to home: Constantinople's two factions, the Blues and the Greens, are beginning to unite in their unhappiness with rising taxes. When that unhappiness spills over into all-out violence, thousands are killed (including someone very close to Theodora) and many of the City's landmarks are destroyed, including Theodora's beloved Hagia Sophia. In the aftermath of the riots, Theodora guides Justinian in gaining back the love and trust of the people, her unerring instinct for what the people want proving invaluable. Justinian promises to rebuild the Hagia Sophia to be even more spectacular than before. Theodora comes to realize that being the Augusta is simply another role she must play, though the stakes are much higher and there is no offstage. It's a role she was born to play.

Author : Emma Marshall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590656945

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Theodora's childhood; or, The old house at Wynbourn by Emma Marshall Pdf

Author : James Conroyd Martin
Publisher : Janes Conroyd Martin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780997894592

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Fortune's Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora (Book 1 of 2) by James Conroyd Martin Pdf

KIRKUS REVIEWS: "A meticulously researched historical account presented in the form of a thrilling political drama." GRAND PRIZE 2019 Best Book, Chanticleer International Book Awards Theodora: actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist. And Byzantine Empress of the Roman world. Stephen: handsome Syrian boy, wizard's apprentice, palace eunuch. And Secretary to the Empress. How does this unlikely pair become such allies that one day Empress Theodora asks Stephen to write her biography? From a very young age, Theodora, daughter of a circus bearkeeper in Constantinople, sets her sights well above her station in life. Her exquisite beauty sets her apart on stages and in the eyes of men. Stephen, a Syrian lad of striking good looks, is sold by his parents to a Persian wizard, who teaches him a skill in languages that will serve him well. By the time Destiny brings them together in Antioch, Theodora has undergone heart-rending trials and a transformation, while Stephen has been sold again . . . and castrated. Discover the enduring bond that, however imperfect, prompts Theodora—as Empress—to request palace eunuch Stephen to write her biography.