A remarkable tale of courage, unexpected romance, and survival against the odds, Vesta and her Children tells the story of a privileged Senatorial family's extraordinary struggles to overcome the hardships of war and plague as the dying Roman Empire collapses around them. Epic yet intimate, this sprawling, ambitious novel brings together Emperors, Popes, Senators, slaves and scholars as they seek power and dominance in the chaos of the Gothic War. Both riveting and heartbreaking, Vesta and her Children tells a story ...
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A remarkable tale of courage, unexpected romance, and survival against the odds, Vesta and her Children tells the story of a privileged Senatorial family's extraordinary struggles to overcome the hardships of war and plague as the dying Roman Empire collapses around them. Epic yet intimate, this sprawling, ambitious novel brings together Emperors, Popes, Senators, slaves and scholars as they seek power and dominance in the chaos of the Gothic War. Both riveting and heartbreaking, Vesta and her Children tells a story of triumph over adversity, of loves gained and lost, ideals achieved and ideals abandoned. Its compelling, complex characters and universal humanity will seduce your senses and absorb your attention in its unforgettable romance and adventure. It tells the story of the fiercely independent scientist Vesta Plotina Cethega; of her enchanting teenage daughter and shrewdly opportunistic queer son; of her secret lover, a man who will do anything to attain the papacy; and of handsome young King Totila, who risks his life for a revived Western Empire. It is a story of a family divided against itself, of virtue and corruption, and of the future struggling to free itself from the past. Anyone who likes the richly-detailed historical novels of Ken Follett, Hilary Mantel or Kristin Hannah will be spellbound by this evocative tale of resiliency in the face of societal disintegration, of courage in the face of depravity, of unbearable heartbreak and final reconciliation.
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