Tudor is the youngest son of two court servants of a boyar from Wallachia. From his birth, ambition seems to guide his every step and in his arduous rise to power he crosses paths with King Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, John Lennon's great-grandfather, General Napier and Queen Victoria. Tudor will be Theodoros: bandit and pirate, devout sinner, the terror of the seas of Hellas. He will live in forests and monasteries, witness battles and miracles, and eventually become Tewodros: the ruthless Emperor of Emperors, absolute ruler of Abyssinia.
From Wallachia to Greece to Ethiopia, we undertake a series of surreal quests rooted as much in real-life history as they are in legend and myth. An epic work narrated by angels, drawing on history and transformed by fantasy, Theodoros is ultimately a tale of the power of storytelling from a novelist at the height of his powers.
Translated from Romanian by Sean Cotter
