- Published: 31 October 2011
- ISBN: 9781446499061
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 416
The First Ladies of Rome
The Women Behind the Caesars
- Published: 31 October 2011
- ISBN: 9781446499061
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 416
[An] extraordinary story...a colourful, pacy survey of dominant Roman women
Tom Payne, Daily Telegraph
A beautifully observed, gripping chronicle and a triumphant achievement
Alison Weir
A tour de force of research... an illuminating story
Dailiy Mail
At last. A book that does not sell us the powerful, intriguing women of Rome simply as poisoners, schemers, femmes fatales, but that brings a wonderfully rich, varied and original range of evidence to bear on the reality of their extraordinary lives
Bettany Hughes, author of 'Helen of Troy' and 'The Hemlock Cup'
Bewitchingly enjoyable study
John Dugdale, Guardian
Excellent history...the stories Freisenbruch tells of political machinations and literary aspirations are among the most fascinating of any historical period
Independent on Sunday
This wonderfully researched work displays wit and cultural reach
Independent
What a great idea for a book this is - what a record of filial loathing, sexual scheming, parental neglect, suicide, fratricide, matricide, patricide, infanticide, incest and abuse... The result is a book both scholarly and racy... She has produced a book to be commended: one that restores to life some of the toughest, most colourful and most bizarre women who ever existed
Robert Harris, Sunday Times