![]() ![]() ![]() Not only was it well-written but the clarity in which Livias world opened up before my eyes was unbelievable. Smith is adept at her interpretation of the lives of three of the nascent Roman Empires most famous women. For astute Livia, this means unwavering fidelity to her all-powerful husband for sensual Julia, surrender to an arranged marriage and denial of her craving for love and the pleasures of the flesh for orphaned Selene, choosing between loyalty to her family’s killers and her wish for revenge. Smith After reading The Daughters of Palatine Hill I knew I had to read this authors debut novel. Like with her debut novel I Am Livia, Phyllis T. Bound together by kinship and spilled blood, these three women-Livia, Selene, and Julia-navigate the dangerous world of Rome’s ruling elite, their every move a political strategy, their most intimate decisions in the emperor’s hands.Īlways suppressing their own desires for the good of Rome, each must fulfill her role. Listen to bestselling audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. To his only child, Julia, he brings an unlikely companion - Selene, the daughter of the conquered Egyptian queen and her lover. Under the watchful eye of Augustus’s wife, Livia, Selene struggles to accept her new home among her parents’ enemies. Listen to The Daughters of Palatine Hill by Phyllis T. To his only child, Julia, he brings an unlikely companion-Selene, the daughter of the conquered Egyptian queen and her lover. ![]() Two years after Emperor Augustus’s bloody defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, he triumphantly returns to Rome. ![]()
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