![]() ![]() I think most people are familiar with Cleopatra but few are familiar with Zenobia so I thought this would be a great book for review! Something unique, different, and about a woman who defied social expectations. But will her hubris draw the wrath of the gods? Will she learn a “woman’s place,” or can she finally stake her claim as Empress of the East? As war breaks out, she’s faced with terrible choices.įrom the decadent halls of Rome to the golden sands of Egypt, Zenobia fights for power, for love, and for her son. When her father dies, she sets out on her own, pursuing the power she believes to be her birthright, dreaming of the Roman Empire’s downfall and her ascendance to the throne.ĭefying her family, Zenobia arranges her own marriage to the most influential man in the city of Palmyra.īut their union is anything but peaceful-his other wife begrudges the marriage and the birth of Zenobia’s son, and Zenobia finds herself ever more drawn to her guardsman, Zabdas. ![]() She won’t submit to a lifetime of subservience. Zenobia, the proud daughter of a Syrian sheikh, refuses to marry against her will. Especially because I know virtually nothing about Zenobia….I even had to Google her so I could at least put a name to the ‘face’ in antiquity. So when this book about Zenobia came across my nightstand for review, I was intrigued. I love reading about women in antiquity….especially about women that I don’t know much about. ![]()
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