Dimensions
129 x 198 x 27mm
An epic tale of love and war set in the final days of the Roman Empire . . .
In March 1999 Museum of London archaeologists discovered the limestone sarcophagus of a young Roman woman. Although certain facts about her life and death have been deduced, the picture remains tantalisingly incomplete. Inspired by this rare and exciting find, William Napier has recreated her world and imagined the unknowable in order to tell her story.
'Julia' is a haunting work of historical fiction set amid the turmoil of the collapsing Roman Empire. From the blood-stained desert sands of Mesopotamia, to the barbaric wilderness and the dreaded painted tribesmen of northern Scotland, to the streets, courtyards and treacherous palaces of a small provincial capital called Londinium, this is the story of a girl called Julia, and the two men she loves most: her stern and melancholy uncle, Lucius; and his ward, a young soldier called Marcus Flavius Aquila . . .
