num_pages: 248
description: The year is 531 AD. Justinian and his ex-prostitute empress, Theodora, rule the Eastern Roman Empire from the great city of Constantinople - rich, violent and corrupt. But fate is fickle. One day an Emperor, the next a fugitive. Enemies are everywhere...Anastasia, successful ex-courtesan of Constantinople, has no interest in politics. Instead, she plans to spend her retirement relaxing on the terrace of her villa, reading, entertaining friends and enjoying the sea air. But life has other plans. Recovering from a hangover after her retirement party, she’s visited by her handsome, deceitful ex-lover, who enlists her help to find his vanished new bride.It’s not long before the corpses begin to pile up.Meet Anastasia, who likes virile men, poetry and a nice warm bath, in that order; Chloe, her dagger-wielding, ball-crunching slave, and Euphemia, the kind of girl you’d probably rather kill yourself than spend a weekend with.
language: English
title: Pandora's Jar