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The Virgin's Tale

Rome, 63 BC.

Offered up by her parents at the age of six to become a Vestal Virgin, one of six hand-picked women who symbolically protected the Roman Republic, Aemilia has spent her entire adult life in the all-female Temple of Vesta, under the strictest guard.

But temptation has led her to commit a mortal sin, and she is sentenced to death as Virgins must die, buried alive in a pitch-black tomb. As the end draws near, Aemilia looks back over her claustrophobic, restricted life: the intense friendships she formed; the implacable enemies she made; and, finally, the passionate but forbidden romance which caused her downfall — and yet may be her only hope...

A tantalizing glimpse into a little-known, forbidden world, The Virgin's Tale is the moving, erotic and highly-charged story of a woman who dared to risk everything for love.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 420
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781439118818
  • Settings
  • Rome, Italy
  • Genres
  • historical, romance, fiction, italy, ancient, religion
  • Release date
  • 2009