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The Wedding Shroud
- A Tale of Ancient Rome, Book 1
- Narrated by: Christina Traister
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
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Summary
In 406 BC, to seal a tenuous truce, the young Roman Caecilia is wedded to Vel Mastarna, an Etruscan nobleman from Veii. Leaving her militaristic homeland, Caecilia is determined to remain true to Roman virtues while living among the sinful Etruscans. But, despite her best intentions, she is seduced by a culture that offers women education, independence, sexual freedom, and an empowering religion.
Enchanted by Veii but terrified of losing ties to Rome, Caecilia performs rites to delay becoming a mother, thereby postponing true entanglement. Yet as she develops an unexpected love for Mastarna, she's torn between her birthplace and the city in which she now lives. As war looms, Caecilia discovers Fate is not so easy to control, and she must choose where her allegiance lies.
The Wedding Shroud is the first book in the series A Tale of Ancient Rome. Subsequent books in the series include The Golden Dice and Call to Juno.
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- Karen Perkins - Author
- 07-05-18
Stand-out read
This is a fascinating novel, very well researched, focusing on Caecilia – a Roman woman, half-patrician and half-plebian – who is forced to marry an Etruscan as part of a peace treaty with Rome.
Elisabeth Storrs goes further than bringing history to life, she brings the two cultures to life, and highlights the difficulties faced by a refugee from one culture trying to live in and accept another.
This is an historical novel that offers a great deal of understanding about one of the major issues of today’s world – one of my stand-out reads of the year so far.
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- Cheryl Kane
- 13-03-23
Oh dear.
The Latin names are almost all mispronounced: some are given an Italian pronunciation, others are just nowhere near a proper reading. The narrator makes no attempt to give different voices to the characters, which can work very well, but there’s something stilted about her presentation which left me unconvinced. The story may be fine, but I’ll never know because I can’t bear to listen any longer. Thank heavens I didn’t waste a credit on it.
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