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August 410 and the barbarian Goths are at the gates of Rome for the third time
in three years. The Emperor Honorius sits safe behind the impenetrable marshes
of Ravenna tending his chickens, while his subjects starve and suffer under the
threat of the invaders. One member of the imperial family lives in Rome and
stands with her people Galla Placidia, the Emperors sister. At twenty-two she
should be married and a mother many times over, but has refused to be a pawn to
others ambitions.
Before she and the city fathers can negotiate a peace, traitors open
the gates of Rome and Placidia is taken hostage by the Goth General Ataulf.
Shaken, exhausted, fearing for her fate and that of her people, Placidia has
nothing but her pride to sustain her. But one thing is clear if the Empire is
to continue, the barbarians must be stopped and, if possible, turned into allies
of Rome. Placidia must draw on all her strength and skill to, not only survive,
but win the hearts and minds of the Gothic people and especially their king.
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