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  • Lady of the Eternal City

  • Empress of Rome, Book 4
  • By: Kate Quinn
  • Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
  • Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (251 ratings)

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Lady of the Eternal City

By: Kate Quinn
Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
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Elegant, secretive Sabina may be empress of Rome, but she still stands poised on a knife's edge. She must keep the peace between two deadly enemies: her husband, Hadrian, Rome's brilliant and sinister emperor; and battered warrior Vix, who is her first love. But Sabina is guardian of a deadly secret: Vix's beautiful son, Antinous, has become the emperor's latest obsession.

As tragedy sends Hadrian spiraling into madness, Vix and Sabina form a last desperate pact to save the empire. But ultimately the fate of Rome lies with an untried girl, a spirited redhead who may just be the next Lady of the Eternal City....

©2015 Kate Quinn (P)2015 Tantor
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"This is a feast for historical readers." ( RT Book Reviews)

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incredible

What a story . Excellent narration as well
I was cleaning my house and the last few hours were so captivating that u scrubbed all the baseboards as well

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I got angry, I got sad, I became happy

A very good listen. And the end is wonderful. :) Fifteen words, is too many. Why can’t I just leave stars.

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SO good

I loved how the whole series didn’t follow one person the whole time. It touched on numerous people’s lives like a kind of web that connected everyone. This was a great conclusion to a great series.

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The narrator!

I found The book is surprisingly the best from the entire series
The flawed characters , you can love them and then dislike them , the development of story and the narrator has come a long way since Daughters of Rome !

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Fantastic plot, not so great performance

The storyline of this book is great, especially towards the end: gripping! However, about half the book is from a male perspective. I think that they should have had a male narrate that portion since it was such an extensive portion of the book and the female narrator did not do a great job impersonating male characters. Also, the female characters in this book are strong and regal. The narrator made them sound ditzy. My opinion is to read the book rather than listen as the audible does not do it justice.

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Disconcerting

Whoever decided that casting a women to narrate a gladitorial male must have been very fond of the narrator and had no fondness for their story. The narration was so out of keeping with the character as to be wildly disconcerting. I might try reading the story as I was unable to really decide if the story was, by itself, interesting.

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Thoroughly Enjoyable

I usually listen to my audible books as I fall asleep but this was so interesting that I found it difficult to go to sleep to and often extended the timer.

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Such an engrossing read

I loved everything about this book. Best of the series, even though I also enjoyed the first 3. Just a ride through history that was captivating and engrossing. Great narrator and I just love this author.

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An experience

I was unsure about this book prior to the start but this was quite an adventure through history. Loved it

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gtreat book

I couldn't put it down and Ididn't want it to end! Great book and narration.

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