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Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World Audiobook, by Emma Southon Play Audiobook Sample

Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World Audiobook

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Read By: Teri Schnaubelt Publisher: Dreamscape Media Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: February 2020 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781666565515

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

13

Longest Chapter Length:

63:26 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

16:48 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

43:40 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

3

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Publisher Description

The story of Agrippina, at the center of imperial power for three generations, is the story of the Julio-Claudia dynasty—and of Rome itself, at its bloody, extravagant, chaotic, ruthless, and political zenith. In her own time, she was recognized as a woman of unparalleled power. Beautiful and intelligent, she was portrayed as alternately a ruthless murderer and helpless victim, the most loving mother and the most powerful woman of the Roman empire, using sex, motherhood, manipulation, and violence to get her way and single-minded in her pursuit of power for herself and her son, Nero. This book follows Agrippina as a daughter, born in Cologne, to the expected heir to Augustus’s throne; as a sister to Caligula, who raped his sisters and showered them with honors until they attempted rebellion against him and were exiled; as a seductive niece and then wife to Claudius, who gave her access to near unlimited power; and then as a mother to Nero—who adored her until he had her assassinated. Through senatorial political intrigue, assassination attempts, and exile to a small island and to the heights of imperial power, thrones, and golden cloaks and games and adoration, Agrippina scaled the absolute limits of female power in Rome. Her biography is also the story of the first Roman imperial family—the Julio-Claudians—and of the glory and corruption of the empire itself.

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About Emma Southon

Dr. Emma Southon holds a PhD in ancient history from the University of Birmingham. The author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Marriage, Sex and Death, and Agrippina, she works as a bookseller at Waterstones Belfast.

About Teri Schnaubelt

Teri Schnaubelt is a Chicago-based stage, on-camera, and voice actor as well as oil painter and photographer. An Earphones Award–winning narrator, she has voiced over a hundred books for New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors, in addition to helping independent authors get their stories heard.