Agrippina
The Defiant Story of Rome's First Empress
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Unbound
Published:25th Jul '24
£10.99
This title is due to be published on 25th July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
An empress of intrigue: the empowering biography of a remarkable woman who defied all expectations and changed the course of history in the Roman era
A biography of the most extraordinary woman in the Roman world
They said she was a tyrant, a murderer and the most wicked woman in history.
She kicked her way into the male spaces of politics and demanded to be recognised as an equal and a leader. For her audacity, she was murdered by her son and reviled by history.
She was the sister, niece, wife and mother of emperors. She was an empress in her own right. And she was a nuanced, fearless trailblazer in the Roman world.
The story of Agrippina – the first empress of Rome – is the story of an empire at its bloody, extravagant, chaotic, ruthless height.
- 'Southon delivers her research and speculations with enormous wit, a feminist outlook, and charming vulgarity. This sassy biography will rope in even those who think they’re not interested in ancient Rome' Publishers Weekly
- 'Contains fascinating vignettes of Roman life and explores why Roman authors wrote about women in the way that they did' New Statesman
ISBN: 9781800183315
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
304 pages