Adventure, passion, betrayal, secrets, blood and violence, this is a hell of a read. ‘Spartacus for Girls’ about a Jewish slave girl and a Roman Gladiator, it is terrific stuff. I haven’t been this excited about a first novel since The Russian Concubine. You need to steal time to read it for you really cannot put it down, and nor should you.
Comparison: Anita Diamant (The Red Tent), Kate Furnivall (The Russian Concubine), Diana Gabaldon.
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Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
Mistress of Rome features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Debut Books of the Month, Romance / Relationship Stories, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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Mistress of Rome was written by Kate Quinn and published by Penguin Publishing Group
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