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A Villa Far from Rome

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A Villa Far from Rome

By: Sheila Finch
Narrated by: Darla Middlebrook
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A homesick, 16 year-old Roman girl and her illegitimate child, are exiled by the Emperor Nero to Britannia.

A middle-aged Celtic king of an insignificant tribe is trying to find middle ground between Celtic tradition and Roman rule and is making enemies on both sides. The shadow of martyred Queen Boudicca is like a curse on the land. An old Legionary is willing to give his life for a friend, and there's a former Greek slave with a secret past that rescues him.

And an overbearing Roman architect trying to build a copy of one of the most glorious palaces in Rome in a backwater of the Empire - What could go wrong?

©2017 Sheila Finch (P)2018 Sheila Finch Fiction Historical Fiction Royalty Rome
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As a fan of historical fiction the description of this story drew me in. But what elevated the story for me was the partial excavation of a Roman Villa, explained in the credits, and a signet ring, found in 1995, upon which the story is derived. The narration was good, and the banishment of the young girl and her child by the debauched Emperor severely impacts her life.

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