The emperor's babe
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Dazzling', 'brilliant', 'streetwise', 'sassy', 'audacious': THE EMPEROR'S BABE has been hailed as one of the most original novels of 2001. Meet Zuleika: sassy girl about town, hellraiser, bored ex-child-bride in Londinium, AD 211. In the place (and time) to be ... Through the bustling, hustling city, we follow Zuleika, feisty and precocious daughter of Sudanese immigrants. Married off to a rich, fat, absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day 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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Sign InPoetryFictionHistoryRoman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.Children of immigrantsRomansSudaneseWomenHistorical FictionFiction, historical, general
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Book Details
First Published
2001
Pages
250 pages
Rating
5.0 / 5
Ratings
1
Editions
3
Publisher
Penguin Group UK
Language
ENG
Status
Published
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