The Emperor's Babe

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Edition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2004-02-24
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary

Bernardine Evaristo’s tale of forbidden love in bustling third-century London is an intoxicating cocktail of poetry, history, and fiction. Feisty, precocious Zuleika, daughter of Sudanese immigrants-made-good and restless teenage bride of a rich Roman businessman, craves passion and excitement. When she begins an affair with the emperor, Septimius Severus, she knows her life will never be the same. Streetwise, seductive, and lyrical, with a lively, affecting heroine, The Emperor’s Babeis a strikingly imaginative historical novel-in-verse.

Author Biography

Bernardine Evaristo was born in London to a Nigerian father and an English mother. She trained as an actress and cofounded a theater company for which she wrote plays and acted. She has won numerous writing awards for prose and poetry, including the EMMA (Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards) Best Book Award for her novel Lara. She has held writing fellowships at the University of East Anglia and Barnard College.

Table of Contents

Prologuep. 3
Londinium Tour Guide (Unofficial)p. 9
The Betrayalp. 14
The Betrothalp. 22
Osmosisp. 24
Till Death Do Usp. 27
Metamorphosisp. 33
Two Hot Chicksp. 35
Sisterfamilias (Relative Values)p. 51
Zuleika and Her Girlsp. 55
Another World, Natale Solum (Native Soil)p. 57
Primum Deterge Eam (Wipe It First)p. 63
Capistrum Maritale (The Matrimonial Halter)p. 67
Modus Vivendi (A Way of Living)p. 69
Doesn't Time Fly When You're Having Funp. 72
Ab Asino Ianam (Wool from an Ass)p. 76
Important Matters of Statep. 91
A Quiet Bedtime Voicep. 107
Cumulonimbus (or, It's That Time of the Month Again)p. 109
Zuleika Goes to the Theatrep. 113
Obsessionp. 115
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus (While We Live, Let Us Live) or, Babe Talkp. 117
Missing Pieces: A Perfect Matchp. 124
Venus Winks at Lovers' Gamesp. 128
My Legionariusp. 132
Post-coital Consciousnessp. 135
Post-coital Colloquiump. 139
The Language of Love (I)p. 151
The Language of Love (II)p. 159
Amari Aliquid (Some Touch of Bitterness)p. 160
Zuleika's Trip to the Amphitheatrep. 163
Nulli Secundus (Second to None)p. 170
Abyssus Abyssum (One Depravity Leads to Another)p. 181
All the Evil of the World Let Loosep. 184
Thus One May Go to the Starsp. 187
Verbosa Orgiap. 194
Dum Spiro, Spero (Where There's Life, There's Hope)p. 202
Post-mortemp. 210
Every Lover is a Soldier (Militat Omnis Amans)p. 217
When You Least Expectp. 233
Vale, Farewell, My Libyanp. 234
Albatrossp. 235
The Language of Love (III)p. 236
Animula Vagula (Little Soul Flitting Away)p. 237
Domum Dulcie Domum (Home Sweet Home)p. 238
Exit Stratagemp. 240
The Price You Pay, My Beautiful Wifep. 242
Vade in Pace (Go in Peace)p. 243
Epiloguep. 253
Acknowledgementsp. 255
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