Lady of the Eternal City [Paperback]

From theNew York Times andUSA Todaybestselling author ofThe Alice Network andThe Huntresscomes a combustible historical saga about obsession, betrayal, and destiny.  
 
Sabina may be Empress of Rome, but she still stands poised on a knife’s edge. She must keep the peace between two deadly enemies: her husband Hadrian, Rome’s brilliant and sinister Emperor; and battered warrior Vix, her first love. But Sabina is guardian of a deadly secret: Vix’s beautiful son Antinous has become the Emperor’s latest obsession.

Empress and Emperor, father and son will spin in a deadly dance of passion, betrayal, conspiracy, and war. As tragedy sends Hadrian spiraling into madness, Vix and Sabina form a last desperate pact to save the Empire. But ultimately, the fate of Rome lies with an untried girl, a spirited redhead who may just be the next Lady of the Eternal City...Kate Quinn’s Empress of Rome saga is…
 
“Gorgeously wrought.”— C. W. Gortner, author ofThe Queen’s Vow
 
“Deeply passionate.”—Kate Furnivall, author ofShadows on the Nile
 
“[An] epic, sexy romp.”—Publishers Weekly(starred review)Kate Quinn is a native of southern California. She attended Boston University, where she earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Classical Voice. A lifelong history buff, she has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga and two Novels of the Borgias, before moving to the 20th century with the The Alice Network. All her books have been translated into multiple languages.

CHAPTER 1

VIX

Women. Hell’s gates, but they ruin everything!

I’m called Vercingetorix the Red, and not for my reddish hair. I’ve traveled the length and breadth of the Empire, and I’ve traveled much of it gloved in blood: thl“#