The Daughters of Palatine Hill

By Phyllis T. Smith

Book Overview

Two years after Emperor Augustus's bloody defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, he triumphantly returns to Rome. 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. 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. Always suppressing their own desires for the good of Rome, each must fulfill her role. 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. Can they survive Rome's deadly intrigues, or will they be swept away by the perilous currents of the world's most powerful empire?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503952479
• ISBN13: 9781503952478
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

So wonderful!

I absolutely adored this and the sequel “I am Livia”, highly recommend you get both! You will fall in love with each character, and wish there was a third book!

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