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Bernardine Evaristo’s tale of forbidden love in bustling third-century London is an intoxicating cocktail of poetry, history, and fiction. Feisty, precocious Zuleika, daughter of Sudanese immigrants-made-good and restless teenage bride of a rich Roman businessman, craves passion and excitement. When she begins an affair with the emperor, Septimius Severus, she knows her life will never be the same. Streetwise, seductive, and lyrical, with a lively, affecting heroine, The Emperor’s Babe is a strikingly imaginative historical novel-in-verse.
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The Emperor's Babe, Bernardine Evaristo
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- The Emperor's Babe
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bernardine Evaristo
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0142001716
- ISBN13
- 9780142001714
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Gifts for men, Literary Fiction, Great Britain, English Literature, London, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome, Mistresses, Mistresses of Rulers, 3rd Century, Novels in Verse
- First published
- 2001
- Original title
- The Emperor's Babe
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- Bernardine Evaristo’s tale of forbidden love in bustling third-century London is an intoxicating cocktail of poetry, history, and fiction. Feisty, precocious Zuleika, daughter of Sudanese immigrants-made-good and restless teenage bride of a rich Roman businessman, craves passion and excitement. When she begins an affair with the emperor, Septimius Severus, she knows her life will never be the same. Streetwise, seductive, and lyrical, with a lively, affecting heroine, The Emperor’s Babe is a strikingly imaginative historical novel-in-verse.