{"product_id":"delicatus-s-p-somtow-9781940999357","title":"Delicatus: from Slave Boy to Empress in Imperial Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe decadence of Imperial Rome comes to life in S.P. Somtow's Literary Titan Award-winning novel about one of ancient history's wildest characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe historian Suetonius tells us that the Emperor Nero emasculated and married his slave Sporus, the spitting image of murdered Empress Poppaea. But history has more tidbits about Sporus, who went from \"puer delicatus\" to Empress to one Emperor and concubine to another, and ended up being sentenced to play the Earth-Goddess in the arena. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld Fantasy Award winner S.P. Somtow weaves a vivid adventure about one of the most colorful personalities in ancient Rome. \u003cem\u003eDelicatus, \u003c\/em\u003ethe first volume in a trilogy, speaks of Sporus, from his enslavement by pirates in a remote corner of the Empire to his meeting with the great satirist Petronius and the woman to whom he bears a striking resemblance, the beautiful Poppaea with her manipulative plans to seduce the Emperor Nero and become Divine Empress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. P. Somtow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940999359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940999357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Diplodocus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"S. P. Somtow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453973737727,"sku":"9781940999357","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca360f37-4b77-4b01-b002-5109bf40c08f.jpg?v=1777303379","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/delicatus-s-p-somtow-9781940999357","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}