The Wedding Shroud describes the journey of Roman Caecilia, the treaty bride sent to Veii to marry an enemy Etruscan nobleman, Vel Mastarna. In The Golden Dice, the characters of Pinna, a Roman tomb whore, and Semni an Etruscan servant girl, are introduced to give fresh perspectives/5(). · Elisabeth Storrs showed me how fully their world can be imagined based on the evidence of archaeology and ancient sources. From translucent silken gowns, gold embossed mirrors, realistic paintings, delicious spiced banquets, and gracious, brilliantly colored houses, the Etruscans lived in a style dramatically different from their boorish neighbors twelve miles away in Rome (this is early . The Wedding Shroud was judged runner-up in the Sharp Writ Book Awards for general fiction and was a finalist in the Kindle Book Reviews’ Best Kindle Book Award. It is the first book in the Tales of Ancient Rome Saga, which includes The Golden Dice and Call to Juno.
Octo By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment Lake Union has released The Wedding Shroud as an audio book. It's free with a trial of Audible or you can buy the CD or MP3 version. The Wedding Shroud by Elisabeth Storrs While it's been a long time between books set in Ancient Rome, never before have I read one that focusses on Etruscan culture and, in particular, those from a region only twelve miles from the Tiber River, called Veii. The Wedding Shroud. by Elisabeth Storrs. In BC, to seal a tenuous truce, the young Roman Caecilia is wedded to Vel Mastarna, an Etruscan nobleman from Veii. Leaving her militaristic homeland, Caecilia is determined to remain true to Roman virtues while living among the sinful Etruscans.
Ma By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment Amazingly, The Wedding Shroud received its th review on Amazon US yesterday. It has also been added over 1, times on Goodreads. Elisabeth Storrs showed me how fully their world can be imagined based on the evidence of archaeology and ancient sources. From translucent silken gowns, gold embossed mirrors, realistic paintings, delicious spiced banquets, and gracious, brilliantly colored houses, the Etruscans lived in a style dramatically different from their boorish neighbors twelve miles away in Rome (this is early Rome, remember). The Wedding Shroud. by Elisabeth Storrs. In BC, to seal a tenuous truce, the young Roman Caecilia is wedded to Vel Mastarna, an Etruscan nobleman from Veii. Leaving her militaristic homeland, Caecilia is determined to remain true to Roman virtues while living among the sinful Etruscans.
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