Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. Her previous books (HELEN OF TROY: GODDESS, PRINCESS, WHORE and THE HEMLOCK CUP: SOCRATES, ATHENS AND THE SEARCH FOR THE GOOD LIFE) were published to great critical acclaim and worldwide success. Hughes has made a number of factual films and documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, The History Channel and ABC. She is a Research Fellow of King's College London and has been honoured with numerous awards including the Norton Medlicott Medal for History.www.bettanyhughes.co.uk@bettanyhughes
Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve - GUARDIAN A scholarly narrative, but Hughes isn't averse to heating it up with the salacious stories that dot the city's past - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Richly entertaining and impeccably researched - OBSERVER With a broadcaster's delight, Bettany Hughes ... reconstructs Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul as living, breathing landscapes - SUNDAY TIMES