Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
The Course of Honor
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Lindsey Davis
Class/Genre: Fiction Historical
Mysterious, Oct 1998, $22.00, 326 pp.
In 31 AD Rome, Caenis is a slave and Vespasian is a soldier when they first meet at a festival where she is working. The intelligent Caenis serves as scribe to the current Emperor's sister–in-law. Vespasian has plans to become a senator. The "course of honor" to attain the position of senator has only one rule: a senator cannot marry a slave or former slave.
There is no future for this couple even though they seem to share a grand passion for one another. However, as emperors come and go, Caenis and Vespasian are forced to separate many times, but always come back to each other because inside their souls they stay together. When Vespasian becomes the emperor, Caenis remains his love of a lifetime.
Lindsey Davis has received well-deserved acclaim from critics and fans for her Falco ancient Rome mysteries. Her current novel is more historical romance, but keeps the level of excellence readers expect from Ms. Davis. The richly detailed story line is based on one of the great love affairs ever recorded and the political events are all documented in the history texts. The characters, especially the lead protagonists, seem genuine and their romance feels so real, almost as if Ms. Davis was an eyewitness. Fans of historical fiction and historical romance will make THE COURSE OF HONOR a best selling keeper.
Harriet Klausner
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