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The Immigrant

Queen

Peter Taylor-Gooby

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A riveting and engaging true story of an extraordinary woman who defied ancient Greek standards and
becametheFirstLadyofAthens.
The story follows Aspasiawhowastrafficked as a sex-worker but rosetobecome the lover of Pericles. She
went on to publishherownphilosophicalworkandbecamethemostprominentfemalefigure in thehistory
of Athens.
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Hated as a foreigner, despised as a woman, yet I became First Lady of Athens

Aspasia falls passionately in love with Pericles, the leading statesman of Fifth Century Athens. Artists, writers
andthinkersfrequenthersalon.Shehidesherpastasasex-worker,trafficked tothecity, andbecomes
Pericles’lover.Herwritingsattracttheattentionof Socrates,andshebecomes theonlywomantojoin his
circle.Sheis knownthroughoutthecityforherbeautyandwitandstrives tobecome recognisedas an
intellectual alongside men.

Pericles’enemiesattackhimthroughAspasiaandchargeherwithblasphemy.Asaforeignershefaces
execution, but her impassioned address to the jury shames the city and saves her. Pericles is spellbound, they
marry, and she becomes First Lady of Athens.

Spartabesiegesthecity; plaguebreaksoutandPericlesisonceagainindanger.

TheImmigrantQueentellsthetruestoryof howAspasiarosetobecometheFirstLadyof Athensand
triumphed against all the odds.

Peter Taylor-Gooby OBE is a leading social policy academic. He has published widely and made many TV
andradioappearances.Hepreviouslyworkedasateacher,anantiquedealer,inasocialsecurityoffice andon
adventure playgrounds. The Immigrant Queen is Peter’s fourth book with Troubador Publishing. He is based in
Canterbury.
Comparative title: 9781785899003 Ardent Justice (Dec 2016)
Publication Date: 28th November 2024 £10.99 ISBN: 9781836280606
Themasubjectcategory:FV–Historical fiction
paperback 198 x 129 mm 320 pp Portrait Authorlocation: Canterbury

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