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Rivals of the Republic: The Blood of Rome series
Annelise Freisenbruch
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Description for Rivals of the Republic: The Blood of Rome series
Paperback. The gripping, masterfully executed historical thriller set in Ancient Rome Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. .
Using her supreme knowledge of the period, author Annelise Freisenbruch presents the great new heroine of historical fiction, Hortensia, who must navigate the male-dominated courts of law in her quest to uncover a sinister plot to overthrow the Republic. Drawing from historical accounts of the daughter of famed Roman orator Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, Freisenbruch delivers an atmospheric, meticulously accurate and fast-paced story that will have readers craving more. Rome, 70BC. Roman high society hums with gossip about the suspicious suicide of a prominent Roman senator and the body of a Vestal Virgin is discovered in the river Tiber. As the ... Read more
Using her supreme knowledge of the period, author Annelise Freisenbruch presents the great new heroine of historical fiction, Hortensia, who must navigate the male-dominated courts of law in her quest to uncover a sinister plot to overthrow the Republic. Drawing from historical accounts of the daughter of famed Roman orator Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, Freisenbruch delivers an atmospheric, meticulously accurate and fast-paced story that will have readers craving more. Rome, 70BC. Roman high society hums with gossip about the suspicious suicide of a prominent Roman senator and the body of a Vestal Virgin is discovered in the river Tiber. As the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780715652206
SKU
V9780715652206
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99-50
About Annelise Freisenbruch
Annelise Freisenbruch received her PhD in Classics from Cambridge University. She has worked as a researcher for the BBC and has appeared in documentaries about ancient Rome for PBS and CNN. Her first non-fiction book, The First Ladies of Rome: The Women Behind the Caesars, was published to much critical acclaim and has been translated into eight languages. Rivals of ... Read more
Reviews for Rivals of the Republic: The Blood of Rome series
'Proper historical fiction... the series can only have lots more to show and I'm excited.'
Hilary Bell, Bicycle Books blog 'An exciting journey.'
Margaret George, bestselling author of The Memoirs of Cleopatra 'Annelise Freisenbruch's Hortensia is a delight - passionate, articulate, fallible and, better still, inspired by a real woman.'
Ruth Downie, author of the bestselling Medicus ... Read more
Hilary Bell, Bicycle Books blog 'An exciting journey.'
Margaret George, bestselling author of The Memoirs of Cleopatra 'Annelise Freisenbruch's Hortensia is a delight - passionate, articulate, fallible and, better still, inspired by a real woman.'
Ruth Downie, author of the bestselling Medicus ... Read more