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The Immigrant QueenPeter Taylor-GoobyKEY SELLING POINTSADVANCE INFORMATIONArivetingandengaging true storyof anextraordinarywomanwho defied ancientGreek standards and becametheFirstLadyofAthens.Thestory followsAspasiawhowastrafficked as a sex-workerbutrosetobecome the loverof Pericles.She went on to publishherownphilosophicalworkandbecamethemostprominentfemalefigure in thehistory of Athens.Perfectforfansof JenniferSaint,MadelineMillerandNicola Haynes.Hated as a foreigner, despised as a woman, yet I became First Lady of AthensAspasiafalls passionatelyinlovewithPericles,theleadingstatesmanofFifthCenturyAthens.Artists,writers andthinkersfrequenthersalon.Shehidesherpastasasex-worker,trafficked tothecity, andbecomes Pericles%u2019lover.Herwritingsattracttheattentionof Socrates,andshebecomes theonlywomantojoin his circle.Sheis knownthroughoutthecityforherbeautyandwitandstrives tobecome recognisedas an intellectual alongsidemen.Pericles%u2019enemiesattackhimthroughAspasiaandchargeherwithblasphemy.Asaforeignershefaces execution,butherimpassioned addresstothejuryshamesthe city andsavesher.Pericles isspellbound,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 adventureplaygrounds.TheImmigrantQueenisPeter%u2019sfourthbookwithTroubadorPublishing.Heisbasedin Canterbury.Comparative title: 9781785899003 Ardent Justice (Dec 2016)Publication Date: 28th November 2024 %u00a310.99 ISBN:9781836280606 Themasubjectcategory:FV%u2013Historicalfictionpaperback 198 x 129 mm 320 pp Portrait Authorlocation:CanterburySales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales