The Immigrant Queen - Couverture souple

Taylor-Gooby, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1836280602 ISBN 13 : 9781836280606

Editeur : Troubador Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Hated as a foreigner, despised as a woman, I became First Lady of Athens

 

Aspasia falls passionately in love with Pericles, the leading statesman of Fifth Century Athens. Artists, writers and thinkers frequent her salon. She hides her past as a sex-worker, trafficked to the city, and becomes Pericles’ lover. Her writings attract the attention of Socrates, and she becomes the only woman to join his circle. She is known throughout the city for her beauty and wit and strives to become recognised as an intellectual alongside men.

 

Pericles’ enemies attack him through Aspasia and charge her with blasphemy. As a foreigner she faces execution, but her impassioned address to the jury shames the city and saves her. Pericles is spellbound, they marry, and she becomes First Lady of Athens.

 

Sparta besieges the city; plague breaks out and Pericles is once again in danger.

 

The Immigrant Queen tells the true story of how Aspasia rose to become the First Lady of Athens and triumphed against all the odds.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter Taylor-Gooby OBE is a leading social policy academic. He has published widely and made many TV and radio appearances. He previously worked as a teacher, an antique dealer, in a social security office and on adventure playgrounds. The Immigrant Queen is Peter’s fourth book with Troubador Publishing. He is based in Canterbury.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Troubador Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1836280602
• ISBN 13: 9781836280606
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible