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.
- Author
- Sherri Smith
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 420
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781439118818
- Settings
- Rome, Italy
- Genres
- historical, romance, fiction, italy, ancient, religion
- Release date
- 2009
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