Annelise Freisenbruch: 2 books
Caesars' Wives
Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
In scandals and power struggles obscured by time and legend, the wives, mistresses, mothers, sisters, and daughters of the Caesars have been popularly characterized as heartless murderers, shameless adulteresses, and conniving politicians in the high dramas of the Roman court. Yet little has been...
Rivals of the Republic
The Blood of Rome Book 1
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
The body of a Vestal Virgin is found in the Tiber River, and soon after, a senator is found having bled to death in his bath. As Roman authorities turn a strangely blind eye, Hortensia, the daughter of the capital’s most celebrated orator, begins investigating this trail of murders that leads straight...