• Daughters of Rome

  • Empress of Rome, Book 2
  • By: Kate Quinn
  • Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
  • Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (207 ratings)

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Daughters of Rome

By: Kate Quinn
Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
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Publisher's summary

A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. The Year of Four Emperors will change everything - especially the lives of two sisters with a very personal stake in the outcome.

Elegant and ambitious, Cornelia embodies the essence of the perfect Roman wife. She lives to one day see her loyal husband as Emperor. Her sister Marcella is more aloof, content to witness history rather than make it. But when a bloody coup turns their world upside-down, both women must maneuver carefully just to stay alive.

As Cornelia tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered dreams, Marcella discovers a hidden talent for influencing the most powerful men in Rome. In the end, though, there can only be one Emperor... and one Empress.

©2011 Kate Quinn (P)2015 Tantor

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"Readers will become thoroughly immersed in this chaotic period of Roman history." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Not as good :(

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The story isn't as good as the "Mistress to Rome". I literally fell asleep within 35 mins in.

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Nice background on the year of the 4 emperors...

but not as compelling as Mistress of Rome. Pleasant story line, but the narrator voices became somewhat distracting. The paperback might be a better experience.

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Love the story, Can’t stand the narration.

The pronunciation is awful. This narrator has NO clue. Domitian is pronounced duh-mi-shn, Vespasian veh spaa see uhn. Every time I hear these it takes me out of the story. Yeesh.
Love the books.

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Boring

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

It just wasn’t exciting at all. It was missing any substantial plot. I listened to 6 hours and gave up on it.

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Riveting though . . . Shouldn't this have been

the first book in the series? It gives a beautiful perspective on the world that created the story scape of Mistress of Rome. Either way don't sleep on this author. If you love Anita Diamant or Maria Kalogridis you will eat this tome up.

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Great book!

I read The Mistress of Rome before I read this book, and I enjoyed Mistress of Rome a little better than this one, however it was still a great book and very interesting stories and characters!

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Enjoyable story but…

Good precursor to The Mistress of Rome-I only wish I had read this book first

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Disappointed

I very rarely do not finish a book. I have read numerous books from this author but just couldn’t get into this one

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Disappointed

Voice of performer is so annoying and makes all the women sound like frivolous idiots.

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My least favorite Kate Quinn book

Characters confusing. Narrator adds nothing to character's voices. Deleted from my library as felt like I was wasting time.

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