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TOMORROW WE WILL KNOW

A Novel of Imperial Constantinople 1453

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Pub Date Feb 27 2023 | Archive Date Sep 15 2023

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Did love bring down an empire?

From award-winning author and "gifted literary talent" Sandra Worth comes an Arthurian tale steeped in history with Emperor Constantine XI in the role of King Arthur, Justiniani as Lancelot, and Zoe (aka Anna) as Guenivere.

1453, 150,000 enemy at the gates and only 5,000 men to defend the city. Gallant emperor Constantine is in the fight of his life and desperate to save his people.

The grand duke's talented, tender-hearted young daughter, Zoe, has adored Constantine since childhood and is desperate to win his heart. She doesn’t know why her mother rejects her, but she wins the love of the people with her good deeds and becomes Constantine's inspiration, and secretly his empress.

Defying the odds, defying the ancient prophecy of doom, defying the untold horrors of slavery, a dashing military hero brings the embattled emperor ships and men. He has sworn never to love again, but if anyone can make him forget his vow, it is this auburn-haired Roman beauty, in this deadly game of life and death, in this dangerous place perched so precariously on the edge of extinction.

But is he their salvation, or their doom?


"The author has created a lavish and detailed plot that deftly combines history and romance in this captivating work. The scope of the work is vast, and the plot far richer due to its historical context. The work offers a perfect blend of all the elements of quality romantic fiction. The prose here is top-notch... Worth does a stellar job with characterization. Zoe in particular comes alive in the author's skillful hands, while the historical settings and examination of the fall of Imperial Constantinople are equally authentically crafted." - The BookLife Prize


"A love story for the ages...  Certainly, this novel is a sweeping and unforgettable tale worthy of further consideration by historians and one to fuel many creative daydreams of dramatists and filmmakers." - RECOMMENDED by the U.S. Review of Books.


"Sandra Worth has established a literary reputation around historical novel about...the Wars of the Roses. Now, ten years after the publication of her last book, she pivots partly around the world with a stunningly detailed historical epic about the final years of imperial Constantinople.... Replete with human passions and deep-rooted courage, Tomorrow We Will Know brings readers front and center into a major turning point in history." - ALA award-winning Booklist reviewer Sarah Johnson for Reading the Past blogspot


"Worth weaves a riveting tapestry of the love at the heart of the love that drove the actions at the heart of Constantinople's fall. The familiar tale of cowardice at the root of fall of the city's end is turned here into one of intense bravery and emotion that considers the humanity behind the events that took place." - Washington  Independent Review of Books


“One of the best historical romances that I have ever read… a truly moving story. Months after reading Tomorrow We Will Know, thinking about the story still evokes a strong emotional response.”

—Professor Tamara Kaupp, San Jacinto College (ret.)

"[T]he author bring[s]] new excitement to the historical fiction genre." - Robin Maxwell, Los Angeles Times bestselling author of The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn 

“ Sandra Worth’s best work yet will have the reader tearing through the pages to see what happens next,” Cheryl Bolen, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of My Lord Protector

“[A]n utterly compelling novel.” —Tasha Alexander, New York Times Bestselling author of Secrets of the Nile

“[A] sweeping saga of empire and love. By the time a blood-red eclipse brings fear to both rulers—Christian and Ottoman—readers will be biting their nails and holding their breaths."  —Sophie Perinot, author of Médicis Daughter and The Sister Queens






Did love bring down an empire?

From award-winning author and "gifted literary talent" Sandra Worth comes an Arthurian tale steeped in history with Emperor Constantine XI in the role of King Arthur...


Advance Praise

"The author has created a lavish and detailed plot that deftly combines history and romance in this captivating work. The scope of the work is vast, and the plot far richer due to its historical context. The work offers a perfect blend of all the elements of quality romantic fiction. The prose here is top-notch... Worth does a stellar job with characterization. Zoe in particular comes alive in the author's skillful hands, while the historical settings and examination of the fall of Imperial Constantinople are equally authentically crafted." - The BookLife Prize

"A love story for the ages... Certainly, this novel is a sweeping and unforgettable tale worthy of further consideration by historians and one to fuel many creative daydreams of dramatists and filmmakers." - RECOMMENDED by the U.S. Review of Books.

"Sandra Worth has established a literary reputation around historical novel about...the Wars of the Roses. Now, ten years after the publication of her last book, she pivots partly around the world with a stunningly detailed historical epic about the final years of imperial Constantinople.... Replete with human passions and deep-rooted courage, Tomorrow We Will Know brings readers front and center into a major turning point in history." - ALA award-winning Booklist reviewer Sarah Johnson for Reading the Past blogspot

"Worth weaves a riveting tapestry of the love at the heart of the love that drove the actions at the heart of Constantinople's fall. The familiar tale of cowardice at the root of fall of the city's end is turned here into one of intense bravery and emotion that considers the humanity behind the events that took place." - Washington Independent Review of Books

“One of the best historical romances that I have ever read… a truly moving story. Months after reading Tomorrow We Will Know, thinking about the story still evokes a strong emotional response.” —Professor Tamara Kaupp, San Jacinto College (ret.)

"[T]he author bring[s]] new excitement to the historical fiction genre." - Robin Maxwell, Los Angeles Times bestselling author of The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn

“[A]n utterly compelling novel.” —Tasha Alexander, New York Times Bestselling author of Secrets of the Nile

“[A] sweeping saga of empire and love. By the time a blood-red eclipse brings fear to both rulers—Christian and Ottoman—readers will be biting their nails and holding their breaths." —Sophie Perinot, author of Médicis Daughter and The Sister Queens

“ Sandra Worth’s best work yet will have the reader tearing through the pages to see what happens next,”Cheryl Bolen, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of My Lord Protector

"The author has created a lavish and detailed plot that deftly combines history and romance in this captivating work. The scope of the work is vast, and the plot far richer due to its historical...


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An amazing and tragic romance set at the end of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Ottoman siege of Constantinople. I wish Zoe could have found happiness with her Emperor, but history says the last Constantine never married as Emperor and vanished at the end of the siege.

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What a wonderful, romantic story. Sandra Worth is a superb historian and writer, and I devoured every page of this incredibly-well written saga. I could not put it down and learned so much about this time in history. I hihgly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good epic!

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