The Emperor's Babe
From the Booker prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other
(Author) Bernardine Evaristo
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'Dazzling', 'brilliant', 'streetwise', 'sassy', 'audacious': THE EMPEROR'S BABE has been hailed as one of the most original novels of 2001. 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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Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
201
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780140297812
Publish year:
2002
Publish date:
April 25, 2002