Imperial purple

By Gillian Bradshaw

Subjects: Byzantine Empire -- History -- Theodosius II, 408-450 -- Fiction., Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, History

Description: Demetrias of Tyre, born into slavery, but a premier silk weaver discovers a plot to dispose of Theodosius II and remove his formidable sister, Pulcheria from power. Being a slave does not leave her with many options, but to comply in aiding the traitors, yet she and her family's survival depends on her finding a way to expose them.