“Book Descriptions: A Cinderella story which goes terribly wrong, a ruling dynasty struggling to keep everything together by having overly ambitious eunuchs do the dirty work, and generals who dream of becoming Roman Emperors.
This explosive mixture of occurrences takes place in the mid 10th century medieval Roman Empire (aka The Byzantine Empire). An era of territorial resurgence and massive Imperial extravagance, but also an era of dynastic intrigues and plotting, during which the Emperor’s title is seen as just an office which can be contested by anyone who has the ambition and the power to claim it.
Based on real historical events, this story revolves around the life of a common girl who experiences at first hand the machinations in the Imperial palace of Constantinople. She is about to realise that her survival depends on her ability to adapt in this new reality.” DRIVE