The Emperor's Babe - B. Evaristo

Penguin Books 2002 Penguin Books Ltd 272 Evaristo, Bernardine měkká vazba

Through bustling, hustling city, its slum tenements and sumptuous villas, this book follows Zuleika the daughter of Sudanese immigrants. Married to a fat, rich absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day, Septimus Severus, Emperor himself, comes to town, bringing with him not just love - but danger...