{"product_id":"9780415331449","title":"Julia Domna : Syrian Empress by Barbara Levick","description":"This book covers Julia's life, and charts her travels throughout the Empire from Aswan to York during a period of profound upheaval, and seeks the truth about this woman who inspired such extreme and contrasting views, exposing the instability of our sources about her, and characterizing a sympathetic, courageous, intelligent, and important woman.   This book contains a fresh re-assessment of the one of the most significant figures of her time and questions: Was Julia more powerful than earlier empresses?  Did she really promote despotism?  How seriously is her literary circle to be taken? As part of a dynasty which used force and violence to preserve its rule, she was distrusted by its subjects; as a Syrian, she was the object of prejudice; as a woman with power, she was resented. On the other hand, Domna was the centre of a literary circle considered highly significant by nineteenth-century admirers.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56289615085941,"sku":"9780415331449","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780415331449.jpg?v=1762724814","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780415331449","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}