The Secret History - Paperback
by Procopius
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Availability:In StockContributor:Procopius, G. A. Williamson (Translator), Peter Sarris (Translator)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2007-12-18Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140455281ISBN-10:140455280UPC:9780140455281Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Middle East, AncientBook Topic:Medieval, Turkey & Ottoman EmpireSize:7.70 x 6.47 x 0.43 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCHC98F8PX
The Secret History
A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different--and dangerous--history to be published only once its author was safely in his grave. The Secret History portrays the 'great...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140455281ISBN-10:140455280UPC:9780140455281Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Middle East, AncientBook Topic:Medieval, Turkey & Ottoman EmpireSize:7.70 x 6.47 x 0.43 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCHC98F8PX
Procopius was born in Palestine around AD 500 and fought for the Byzantine Empire in Persia, Africa and Italy. Very little is known about him. G.A. Williamson (1895-1982) was a Classical Exhibitioner at Worcester College, Oxford, graduating with a First Class Honours degree. He was Senior Classics Master at Norwich School from 1922 to 1960. He translated Josephus: The Jewish War (1959) and...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Procopius, G. A. Williamson (Translator), Peter Sarris (Translator)
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