The Secret History of Procopius

Procopius

ISBN 10: 1566190487 / ISBN 13: 9781566190480

Published by Barnes & Noble Inc, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secret History of Procopius
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble Inc
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: Greek, Modern (post 1453)
• ISBN 10: 1566190487
• ISBN 13: 9781566190480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

1992 Dorset Press hardcover, Procopius (The Secret History). The historian Procopius was not a Latin. He was born in Caesarea in Palestine about 500 AD, and apparently was one of those Samaritans whom he mentions in the "Secret History" as adopting Christianity for formal protection and not at all for spiritual reasons. In the following text, the chapter divisions are those of the manuscript. Here is a narrative with the fascination of the elder Dumas; but it is more than a collection of anecdotes of intrigue, it is a history, in which the purple past of Rome lives again in spirited pictures, thrown, if you care for a further metaphor, upon the screen of the present. - Amazon

About the Author

Richard Tupper Atwater (1892-1948) lived in Chicago and worked as a journalist, often writing humorous pieces for newspapers such as the "Chicago Tribune". He wrote two books for children before beginning "Mr. Popper's Penguins", a 1939 Newbery Honor Book. Before he could finish the story, however, he became ill. His wife, Florence Hasseltine Atwater (1899-1979) finished the book, helping launch a story that has remained popular for generations.