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Den of WolvesLuke DevenishYour Price: $29.49 Free shipping on orders over $45! 
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Annotation Iphicles, a 100-year-old slave, looks back over his lifetime to recount the story of the Julio-Claudians, the great Roman family drawn from two patrician clans, which he has spent his life serving. Publisher Description It is 44 BC and the rival powers of Rome are driving the republic to a violent end. A soothsayer foretells that the young Tiberius Nero, if he is wed to his cousin, the darkly beautiful Livia Drusilla, will sire four kings of Rome. Fuelled by ambition, Livia devotes her life to fulfilling the prophecy. No crime is too great when destiny beckons. So begins a murderous saga of sex, corruption and obsession at the dawning of the age of emperors. Narrated by the 100-year-old slave Iphicles, Den of Wolves brings to life the great women of imperial Rome - Livia, Julia, Antonia and Agrippina - women who relied on their ambition, instincts and cunning to prosper. In this first book of the dramatic new series Empress of Rome, Luke Devenish superbly recreates these outstanding women who lived in such monstrous times. |
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Natalie's Review of Den of Wolves
Staying true to the scandalous times of ancient Rome, this story 'Den of Wolves' is one of classic intrigue and mystery. Part historical re-telling, part fantastical fiction, it is a tale told by the slave Iphicles, a man who goes unseen and yet sees all. Throughout this book Iphicles weaves his beautiful spell, drawing the reader in deeper with each page, every character seeming as real as you or I. Deninately a book to be enjoyed!
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