Too Soon the Night: A Novel of Empress Theodora (The Theodora Duology Book Two)

James Conroyd Martin is a former teacher with degrees in English Literature from St. Ambrose (BA) and DePaul Universities (MA). Historical fiction has long been a favorite of his. Early influences were Mary Renault and Mary Stewart, as well as Henry James, Somerset Maugham, Edith Wharton, and E. M. Forster. More recently: Philippa Gregory and Bernard Cornwell. His first novel “Push Not the River” (St. Martin’s Press) was based on a 1790s diary of a Polish countess, and it led to a successful trilogy in English and in Polish. Next came a novel set against the 1683 Battle of Vienna, “The Boy Who Wanted Wings,” which won a Gold Medal IPPI, as did The Poland Trilogy e-book. Most recent is a duology based on the life of sixth-century Empress Theodora. Chanticleer International Book Awards has awarded “Fortune’s Child” Grand Prize, Book of the Year 2019. “Too Soon the Night” is the second in the duology.