This is an unconventional non-fiction story of the somewhat stereotypical 'evil empresses' of Constantinople - Eirene, Theophano and Zoe - presented in the historical context of the successively emerging, flourishing and declining Byzantine Empire. This is a thrilling tale of three ambitious women and, at the same time, a dark story of three highly controversial individuals, who may have loved their husbands and children but intrigued, betrayed, poisoned,...
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