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The Emperor's Babe is Bernardine Evaristo's unique lyrical portrait of Roman London Meet Zuleika: sassy girl about town, hellraiser, bored ex-child-bride, black Roman in Londinium, AD 211. In the place (and time) to be . . . Through the bustling, hustling city, its slum tenements and sumptuous villas, we follow Zuleika, feisty and precocious daughter of Sudanese immigrants made good. Married to a fat, rich absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day, Septimus Severus, the Emperor himself, comes to town, bringing with him not just love - but danger . . . Funky and funny, sexy and moving, this novel in verse is a triumph of imaginative writing - and of sheer lyrical and emotional vitality.
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The Emperor's Babe, Bernardine Evaristo
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- Released
- 2001
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- (Paperback)
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- Title
- The Emperor's Babe
- Subtitle
- A Novel - Uncorrected Proof Copy
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bernardine Evaristo
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton Ltd
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 250
- ISBN10
- 0241141141
- ISBN13
- 9780241141144
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Literary Fiction, Gifts for men, 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
- The Emperor's Babe is Bernardine Evaristo's unique lyrical portrait of Roman London Meet Zuleika: sassy girl about town, hellraiser, bored ex-child-bride, black Roman in Londinium, AD 211. In the place (and time) to be . . . Through the bustling, hustling city, its slum tenements and sumptuous villas, we follow Zuleika, feisty and precocious daughter of Sudanese immigrants made good. Married to a fat, rich absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day, Septimus Severus, the Emperor himself, comes to town, bringing with him not just love - but danger . . . Funky and funny, sexy and moving, this novel in verse is a triumph of imaginative writing - and of sheer lyrical and emotional vitality.