Review: The Immigrant Queen by Peter Taylor-Gooby
Today, I'm delighted to welcome British author, Peter Taylor-Gooby , to Ruins & Reading. I'm reviewing his fascinating novel, The Immigrant Queen – the story of Aspasia, a fascinating woman of some influence in Ancient Greece. The Immigrant Queen is currently on blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club. Check out fascinating guest posts, enticign excerpts and more HERE ! The Immigrant Queen Peter Taylor-Gooby I always love reading about historical women who have been widely forgotten about, so I was keen to read about Aspasia – a woman whose origins are obscure, but who wielded great influence in Ancient Athens' philosophical circles. But the first point to note is that the novel is not told from Aspasia's own point of view – even though you'd expect this from the blurb. It is a bit misleading, and readers may be confused. Her story is told by Limander, talented bard and poet, captured during an Athenian raid on his home of Mytilene (the capital city on t
