Domina: Murder and intrigue in Ancient Rome (Ancient Rome Mysteries)

Domina: Murder and intrigue in Ancient Rome (Ancient Rome Mysteries)

by Paul Doherty (Author)

Synopsis

Agrippina, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero, was a beautiful and talented woman who saw her father murdered, was banished by her brother, and was killed on the orders of her son. Her freed man, a one-eyed former gladiator named Parmenon, tells of Agrippina's battle to survive in and control the depraved and violent Imperial Roman court, and the crumbling relationship between mother and son.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Headline
Published: 02 Dec 2002

ISBN 10: 0747264686
ISBN 13: 9780747264682
Book Overview: A dramatic historical novel about the turbulent life and death of Agrippina, Empress of Rome

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Parmenon, a one-eyed former gladiator, tells the story of the beautiful Agrippina, the wife of Claudius and mother of Nero, and of her battle to survive in and control the depraved and violent imperial Roman court.
Author Bio
Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough. He studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and obtained a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in north-east London and lives with his family in Essex.