![]() ![]() ![]() This book was captivating, I read it into the wee hours of the morning ! In my opinion, it fits perfectly the definition of historical fiction : it is based on known historical facts, but it recreates a whole universe during the reign of emperor Caesar Augustus and gives life to its characters thanks to the author's creativity and excellent storytelling. For astute Livia, this means unwavering fidelity to her all-powerful husband for sensual Julia, surrender to an arranged marriage and denial of her craving for love and the pleasures of the flesh for orphaned Selene, choosing between loyalty to her family’s killers and her wish for revenge.Ĭan they survive Rome’s deadly intrigues, or will they be swept away by the perilous currents of the world’s most powerful empire? Bound together by kinship and spilled blood, these three women-Livia, Selene, and Julia-navigate the dangerous world of Rome’s ruling elite, their every move a political strategy, their most intimate decisions in the emperor’s hands.Īlways suppressing their own desires for the good of Rome, each must fulfill her role. ![]() Under the watchful eye of Augustus’s wife, Livia, Selene struggles to accept her new home among her parents’ enemies. To his only child, Julia, he brings an unlikely companion-Selene, the daughter of the conquered Egyptian queen and her lover. Two years after Emperor Augustus’s bloody defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, he triumphantly returns to Rome. ![]()
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