MISTRESS OF ROME
Book ID/图书代码： 02173011B50626
English Summary/英文概要： An exciting debut: a vivid, richly imagined saga of ancient Rome from a masterful new voice in historical fiction
Thea is a slave girl from Judaea, passionate, musical, and guarded. Purchased as a toy for the spiteful heiress Lepida Pollia, Thea will become her mistress’s rival for the love of Arius the Barbarian, Rome’s newest and most savage gladiator. His love brings Thea the first happiness of her life-that is quickly ended when a jealous Lepida tears them apart.
As Lepida goes on to wreak havoc in the life of a new husband and his family, Thea remakes herself as a polished singer for Rome’s aristocrats. Unwittingly, she attracts another admirer in the charismatic Emperor of Rome. But Domitian’s games have a darker side, and Thea finds herself fighting for both soul and sanity. Many have tried to destroy the Emperor: a vengeful gladiator, an upright senator, a tormented soldier, a Vestal Virgin. But in the end, the life of the brilliant and paranoid Domitian lies in the hands of one woman: the Emperor’s mistress.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 令人激動的首作：來自歷史小說中的一個全新嫺熟作家的，一部生動的、充滿着豐富想像中的古羅馬歷史小說
西婭是一位來自猶太地區，充滿着熱情的、喜好音樂，和一位本分的女奴。被一位潑婦名媛 勒皮達•珀利亞作為一件玩偶所購買，西婭將成為她女主人對阿裡烏斯，羅馬最新和最野蠻鬥士的愛情競爭對手。他的愛將會帶給西婭她人生的第一次幸福 — 但當心生嫉妒的勒皮達拆散他們時，這段快樂時光將很快結束。
當勒皮達繼續在她的新夫君和家人面前為所欲為之時，西婭正為羅馬的貴族們重新將自己打扮成一位光鮮靚麗的歌手。不知不覺中，她吸引了羅馬皇帝極具魅力的的另一個崇拜者。但圖密善的遊戲有着其黑暗的一面，而西婭發現自己要為靈魂和理智而戰鬥。許多人試圖要推翻這位皇帝：復仇的角鬥士、正直的參議員、痛苦的士兵，維斯太貞女。但最終，生命的輝煌和偏執的圖密善的命運掌握在一名女子的手中：皇帝的情婦。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：From Publishers Weekly
Quinn convincingly conjures the terrifying reign of Emperor Domitian in her solid debut that follows the travails of Thea, a slave girl and mistress to the emperor. While she is tormented by Domitian, she holds her secrets—a gladiator lover, a young son—close. When these facts are brought to Domitian’s attention by Thea’s jealous rival, Thea takes drastic actions to secure her family. Quinn’s command of first-century Rome is matched only by her involvement with her characters; all of them, historical and invented, are compelling and realistic, and she explores their dark sides without crossing into gratuitousness. Readers will finish eager for a sequel, which is a good thing because Quinn has left the door wide open for a follow-up. This should make a splash among devotees of ancient Rome. (Apr.)
Review
"...for sheer entertainment, drama, and page-turning storytelling, this tumultuous debut novel is well worth reading.
-Library Journal
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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