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Babylonia

"From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, as Casati reimagines the rise to power of the Assyrian empire's only female ruler, Semiramis. When kings fall, queens rise. Nothing about Semiramis's upbringing could have foretold her legacy...

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Main Author: Casati, Costanza, 1995- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, 2025.
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Semiramis, > Queen, consort of Shamshi-Adad V, King of Assyria, > active 9th century B.C. > Fiction.
Queens > Fiction.
Orphans > Fiction.
Soldiers > Fiction.
Gods > Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction.
Babylonia > Fiction.
Assyria > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Mythological fiction.
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Summary:"From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, as Casati reimagines the rise to power of the Assyrian empire's only female ruler, Semiramis. When kings fall, queens rise. Nothing about Semiramis's upbringing could have foretold her legacy or the power she would come to wield. A female ruler, once an orphan raised on the outskirts of an empire - certainly no one in Ancient Assyria would bend to her command willingly. Semiramis was a woman who knew if she wanted power, she would have to claim it. There are whispers of her fame in Mesopotamian myth- Semiramis was a queen, an ambitious warrior, a commander whose reputation reaches the majestic proportions of Alexander the Great. Historical record, on the other hand, falls eerily quiet. In her second novel, Costanza Casati brilliantly weaves myth and ancient history together to give Semiramis a voice, charting her captivating ascent to a throne no one promised her. The world Casati expertly builds is rich with dazzling detail and will transport her readers to the heat of the Assyrian Empire and a world long gone"--
Item Description:Map on endpapers.
"Originally published as Babylonia in 2024 in the United Kingdom by Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK. This edition issued based on the hardcover edition published in 2025 in the United Kingdom by Michael Joseph..."--Title page verso.
Physical Description:xii, 432 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781464228216
1464228213
Author Notes:Costanza Casati was born in Texas in 1995, grew up in a village in Northern Italy and lived in the UK for five years. Before moving to London, she attended a classical Liceo in Italy, where she studied Ancient Greek, and Ancient Greek literature, for five years. Costanza is a graduate of the prestigious Warwick Writing MA programme where she earned a distinction, and currently works as a freelance journalist and screenwriter. Clytemnestra is her debut novel.

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