PROCOPIUS (TRANS. G.A.WILLIAMSON) — Secret History

London, Penguin. 1981, Reissue. (ISBN: 0140441824) Soft cover. Book, "In this "history without scruple" one of Justinian's courtiers tells the behind-the-scenes story of the Emperor,his consort Theodora, and their Byzantine world of the sixth century AD.It is written with all the passion of a revolted conscience - and with a good deal of personal malice.There has never been a more calculated attempt to discredit an entire reign in the eyes of posterity." First published in a Penguin edition in 1966, and now reprinted with a select biblipgraphy. Fine.