Suchergebnisse

Claiming to be heir to the emperors of Byzantium, an exotic but elusive figures called Theodore Paleologus surfaced in mysterious circumstances in the Elizabethan underworld. This first biography of an extraordinary character presents new documentary evidence which supports his imperial pretensions - long dismissed by historians - but also exploses him as a seducer, a spy and, most intriguingly of all, a ruthless assassin in the pay of the wicked Earl of Lincoln. Yet memorial services are still conducted in Theodore's honour at his grave in Cornwall with the double-headed eagle flag of Byzanti