![]() Once again historical fiction writer Autumn Bardot has delivered a vivid, engaging, captivating, novel. Today is my stop on The Emperor’s Assassin Book Tour feaI was given the chance to read another book by historical fiction writer Autumn Bardot. Or is she yet another maligned woman in history? Available on Amazon ![]() History paints her as the first female serial killer. Caught in an imperial web, Locusta must embrace her profession or die. ![]() ![]() And commands her to be his personal poisoner. Locusta’s life changes forever when a young Emperor Nero requires her herbal expertise. Ordered to leave her pastoral life, Locusta is thrust into a world of intrigue, scandal, and murder—where treason lurks behind every corner and defying an emperor means death. But the day after meeting her betrothed, Locusta discovers the consequences of possessing such dangerous knowledge. ![]() She rides gentle ponies, attends parties, reads Ovid, and learns the herbal arts from her servant. She enjoys the indulged childhood of the elite, her concerns only about the day’s amusements. Locusta is the daughter of a winemaker in the Roman province of Gaul. History paints her as the first female serial killer… ![]()
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