The Emperor's Babe - From the Booker prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other (Paperback, New ed)
Bernardine EvaristoMeet Zuleika: sassy girl about town, hellraiser, bored ex-child-bride in Londinium, AD 211. In the place (and time) to be ...
Through the bustling, hustling city, we follow Zuleika, feisty and precocious daughter of Sudanese immigrants. Married off to a rich, fat, absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day the Emperor himself, comes to town, bringing with him not just love - but danger ...
Funky and funny, sexy and moving, this novel in verse is a triumph of imaginative writing - and of sheer lyrical and emotional vitality.
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Meet Zuleika: sassy girl about town, hellraiser, bored ex-child-bride in Londinium, AD 211. In the place (and time) to be ...
Through the bustling, hustling city, we follow Zuleika, feisty and precocious daughter of Sudanese immigrants. Married off to a rich, fat, absent Roman, she is stranded in luxurious neglect, until, one day the Emperor himself, comes to town, bringing with him not just love - but danger ...
Funky and funny, sexy and moving, this novel in verse is a triumph of imaginative writing - and of sheer lyrical and emotional vitality.
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Imprint | Penguin Books |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | April 2002 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days |
First published | April 2005 |
Authors | Bernardine Evaristo |
Dimensions | 196 x 128 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - B-format |
Pages | 250 |
Edition | New ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-029781-2 |
Barcode | 9780140297812 |
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LSN | 0-14-029781-2 |
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