Everything you need to understand or teach The Bearkeeper's Daughter by Gillian Bradshaw.
The protagonist of The Bearkeeper's Daughter is John, illegitimate son of the Byzatine Empress Theodora. Bradshaw bases his figure on the writings of the historian Procopius, whose Secret History contains much material, mostly discredited, about the emperor Justinian and his time. According to Procopius, John was ordered killed by the empress, but Bradshaw's fictional account leaves him alive and eminently successful at the end of the narrative.
Actually John is an excellent choice...
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