Set in the dying days of the Roman Empire this book, written by the same author as "The Beacon at Alexandria", concerns the legendary empress of the 6th-century. Told through the eyes of her son it describes the glittering, treacherous, corrupt city of Byzantium and the late Roman Empire.
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Set in the dying days of the Roman Empire this book, written by the same author as "The Beacon at Alexandria", concerns the legendary empress of the 6th-century. Told through the eyes of her son it describes the glittering, treacherous, corrupt city of Byzantium and the late Roman Empire.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hardcover. 310 pages. Map end papers. Near fine with ink stains on front cover, in a fine, mylar-covered dust jacket. Appears unread. "THE BEARKEEPER'S DAUGHTER is Gillian Bradshaw's most powerful and moving novel, set in the late Roman period that she has made her own. This is historical fiction at its best. The time: the sixth century A.D. The place: Constantinople, in its heyday as the capital of the empire of the East. The rulers of the greatest empire in the world: Justinian and his empress, Theodora..."
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Used: Good. Size: 9x5x1; Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Contemporary Fiction; Good EXLIBRARY hardcover with dustjacket; few wavy pages; spine starting to slant; tips/edges bumped; dustjacket light crease, tips bumped, slighs signs of use and wear; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.
