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DAUGHTERS OF ROME

Book ID/图书代码: 02173011B50625

English Summary/英文概要: A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. The Year of Four Emperors will change everything-especially the lives of two sisters with a very personal stake in the outcome. Elegant and ambitious, Cornelia embodies the essence of the perfect Roman wife. She lives to one day see her loyal husband as Emperor. Her sister Marcella is more aloof, content to witness history rather than make it. But when a bloody coup turns their world upside-down, both women must maneuver carefully just to stay alive. As Cornelia tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered dreams, Marcella discovers a hidden talent for influencing the most powerful men in Rome. In the end, though, there can only be one Emperor...and one Empress.

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 公元69年。暴君尼祿已死的。羅馬帝國陷入一片混亂。隨著皇宮的流血事件延伸至羅馬街頭時,無序的狀態一直持續着。一年內四位皇帝將會改變這一切 — — 尤其是兩個姐妹的個人命運未卜時......

兼具優雅的氣質和雄心壯志,科妮莉亞體現了羅馬妻子完美的特質。她活著的目的就是有朝一日能看見忠實的丈夫成為羅馬皇帝。她的姐姐瑪塞拉則更為內斂,情願見證歷史而不是接受歷史。即便如此,馬塞拉還是同意與她那傑出的追求者共同承擔風險,一位殘忍的皇權爭奪者,政客的兒子向她發誓,總有一天他會當上皇帝。

但當一場血腥政變就此顛覆了他們的世界時,科妮莉亞和瑪塞拉 — — 以及它們的表兄弟,一位丈夫和戀人的收容者,另一位對美麗浪漫不感興趣的騎兵 — — 這一行人為了能活下去,必須小心行事。正當科妮莉亞試圖收拾她破碎的夢,瑪塞拉正為一位在羅馬最具影響力的男子,發掘了自己隱藏的天賦。不過最終,羅馬帝國只能有一個皇帝......和一個皇后。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况:"奎恩繼去年的《羅馬的情婦》後續的一部側重於四位羅馬女性:科妮莉亞"完美的羅馬妻子",立誓要成為帝國皇后;她的姐姐瑪塞拉,一位對操縱着權勢男人的充滿着慾望的歷史學家;堂姐蘿莉婭發現自己不斷地被不同有權勢的男人作為物品一樣易手,雖然只有她的奴隸真正瞭解她的內心;還有堂妹戴安娜盼望着能過著戰車競賽的刺激生活。奎恩將她的小說設置在"四帝之年"的時代背景下,公元 69年,一段隨時可以出賣忠誠的動盪歲月。所展開是一部宛如史詩般的連續歷史劇:當奧托廢黜了加爾巴皇帝時,科妮莉亞的丈夫失去了名義上的領袖;瑪塞拉也插手介入了奧托的這場權利鬥爭中,雖然未來皇帝 圖密善仍然對她非常愛慕,但因為權利的爾虞我詐,卻仍然對她存有戒心。這四位女性冒著必須作出重大犧牲和失去一切的風險 — — 包括他們的生活。奎恩的這部前傳略遜色於首部的歷史劇中的黑暗,沒有那麼緊張氛圍。她輕鬆嫺熟地刻畫出故事主角,並很好地展現了馬塞拉的一路的轉變 — — 她這部歷史劇中最令人注目的人物 — — 從一位善良的歷史學家轉變為一位權利操控者。讀者將徹底沉浸在這部混沌時期羅馬的歷史劇集中。"— — 《出版人週刊》

About the Author/作者介绍: 凱特•奎恩是土生土長的南加州人。她曾就讀於波士頓大學,在那裡獲得了古典的聲樂系的學士學位和碩士學位。身為一位歷史謎,當在她七歲時觀看了"我,克勞狄斯"後,首先迷上古代羅馬歷史。她在大學一年級時,撰寫了她的第一本書,從而放棄了她在波士頓大學的冬季學期,而沉浸與古羅馬歷史長河中,在她後來發表的"羅馬風流史",隨後的前傳"枕邊殺機,",同時在她的丈夫被派駐到中東地區時,隨即還撰寫看該系列的續集歷史小說。

"我意識到我在 ’皇后的永恆之城’ 中所描寫的羅馬軍團的英雄與我身在美國海軍的夫君肩負着一樣的重任。人生如戲,還是戲如人生?我也無從知曉!"

凱特正在籌畫她的第四部小說,故事背景將設置在義大利的文藝復興時期。她其實還是為微博女王,在她的博克裏寫滿了瑣事、寵物趣聞和一些關於歷史小說的有趣事實。她現在和丈夫與黑色小狗愷撒住在馬里蘭州的,她的興趣愛好包括歌劇、動作電影、烹飪、和波士頓紅襪棒球隊。

Kate Quinn is a native of southern California. She attended Boston University, where she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Classical Voice. After college, she held down any day job she could find until she sold her first book.

The daughter of a history major, she grew up with anecdotes about Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great instead of Grimm’s fairy tales, and used to sneak out of bed to watch "I, Claudius" behind her parents’ backs. She wrote her first story at age seven: "All about the assassination of Edward II," she says, "and full of sex and violence long before I knew what either was." She wrote her first novel as a freshman in college.

"I was alone in a brand-new city - I knew no one and nothing about Boston, so I escaped into ancient Rome instead. I didn’t even have a computer, but I didn’t let that stop me." Mistress of Rome was completed in four months, written in six-hour stretches in the Boston University basement computer lab.

Kate is currently working on a sequel and a prequel to Mistress of Rome. She and her husband live in San Diego, and her interests include opera, action movies, cooking, and the Boston Red Sox.

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