Description: A thrilling new history of the late Roman Republic, told through one woman's quest for justice.
Brief description: Douglas Boin is professor of history at Saint Louis University and the author of Alaric the Goth. His essays have appeared in Time, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his husband.
Review Quotes: [Boin] has succeeded in embedding Clodia in a much less hostile environment than the one in which she found herself in Ciceronian Rome. She emerges as intelligent, lively, decisive and strong-willed.--Daisy Dunn "Literary Review"