The Emperor's Babe

Bernardine Evaristo


Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
3.75 ·
[?] · 8 ratings · 272 pages · Published: 24 Feb 2004

The Emperor's Babe by Bernardine Evaristo
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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