Domina - Murder and Intrigue in Ancient Rome

This rich tale ... seeps authenticity and is written with wonderfully efficient style. A gem of an historical thriller Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A dramatic historical novel about the turbulent life and death of Agrippina, Empress of RomeA dramatic historical novel about the turbulent life and death of Agrippina, Empress of Rome Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Doherty, Paul C. Doherty
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.12.2002
• EAN: 9780747264682
• ISBN: 978-0-7472-6468-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 177 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Paul Doherty Historical Myster
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Crime, Historical mysteries, Crime & mystery, Historical fiction, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Historical adventure, FICTION / Historical / Ancient, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Rome, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, Ancient Rome, Historical adventure fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, European history: the Romans, 1st century, c 99 to c 1 BCE