Travel to the heart of a Roman dynasty beset by power struggles and betrayal in this latest chapter of the tale of Nero
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A MARRIAGE BLESSED IN BLOOD . . .
Emperor Claudius is to wed his niece Agrippina.
Her elevation will change so many things.
Claudius will name her son Nero as heir.
And any who dare cross her will live to regret it.
Yet Nero – still a boy – is vulnerable.
He vies for favour with his brother Britannicus.
He learns to fight. He learns to love.
Marry your sister-cousin Octavia,
says his mother. Never mind the scandal.
But those who have survived Agrippina,
have long memories and short knives.
To rise in Rome, others must fall.
How long before Claudius realises his adopted son is a threat?
And Nero stops seeing his mother as an ally?




