{"first_publish_date": "2010", "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "The first in an unforgettable historical saga from the USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network.\r\n \r\n\u201cSo gripping, your hands are glued to the book, and so vivid it burns itself into your mind\u2019s eye and stays with you long after you turn the final page.\u201d\u2014Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author\r\n \r\nFirst-century Rome: A ruthless emperor watches over all\u2014and fixes his gaze on one young woman...\r\n\r\nThea is a slave girl from Judaea, purchased as a toy for the spiteful heiress Lepida Pollia. Now she has infuriated her mistress by capturing the attention of Rome\u2019s newest and most savage gladiator\u2014and though his love brings Thea the first happiness of her life, their affair ends quickly when a jealous Lepida tears them apart.\r\n\r\nRemaking herself as a singer for Rome\u2019s aristocrats, Thea unwittingly attracts another admirer: the charismatic Emperor of Rome. But the passions of an all-powerful man come with a heavy price, and Thea finds herself fighting for both her soul and her sanity. Many have tried to destroy the Emperor: a vengeful gladiator, an upright senator, a tormented soldier, a Vestal Virgin. But in the end, the life of Domitian lies in the hands of one woman: the Emperor\u2019s mistress."}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2020-02-13T06:02:58.693926"}, "title": "Mistress of Rome", "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-11T10:41:34.006569"}, "covers": [7100386], "lc_classifications": ["PS3617.U578 M57 2010"], "latest_revision": 6, "key": "/works/OL13806428W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL6645130A"}}], "dewey_number": ["813/.6"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Women slaves", "Fiction", "Gladiators", "History"], "revision": 6}