Title: The emperor's virgin
Subtitle: a novel
First published: 1980
Description: THE MARBLE SPLENDOR OF IMPERIAL ROME WAS A STAGE FOR THE EMPEROR'S SAVAGE BLOOD LUST.
His word was law. No one was beyond the reach of his depraved desires. Except Cornelia, the Vestal Virgin. Keeper of the sacred temple. Pure. Untouchable. Until her chaste beauty captured the heart of the noble commander Marcus, drawing her into a forbidden love...ensnaring them in the intrigue and degradation of the Emperor's household...plunging them into a mire of madness and perversity where escape could only be bought at an unthinkable price.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Emperors
Places: Rome
People: Domitian Emperor of Rome (51-96)
Time periods: Flavians, 69-96, Domitian, 81-96