Emma Southon

Emma Southon

Emma Southon has a Ph.D. in ancient history from the University of Birmingham and researches the family, gender, sex, and religion. She holds a long-running obsession with the bad guys of the Roman empire, blogs at Agrippinilla.com, and tweets with the handle @NuclearTeeth. She lives in England.

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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  • By: Emma Southon
  • Narrator: Sophie Ward
  • Length: 11 hours 12 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2021
  • Language: English
  • (1899 ratings)
(1899 ratings)
An entertaining and informative look at the unique culture of crime, punishment, and killing in ancient Rome In ancient Rome, all the best stories have one thing in common–murder. Romulus killed Remus to found the city, Caesar was assassinated... Read more
Agrippina
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Agrippina
  • By: Emma Southon
  • Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt
  • Length: 9 hours 27 minutes
  • Publisher: Dreamscape Media
  • Publish date: February 11, 2020
  • Language: English
  • (706 ratings)
(706 ratings)
The story of Agrippina, at the center of imperial power for three generations, is the story of the Julio-Claudia dynasty–and of Rome itself, at its bloody, extravagant, chaotic, ruthless, and political zenith. In her own time, she was... Read more

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The Matriarch The matriarch of Australia’s most violent and notorious criminal family, and allegedly the inspiration for the award-winning film Animal Kingdom, tells her side of the story. Kathy Pettingill is a name that’s both respected and feared, not only by Australia’s criminal underworld, but by many in the Victorian police force. As the matriarch at the head of the most notorious and violent family ... Read Book
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Broken Moon I’m a wolf shifter . . . who can’t shift.Twelve years ago, I was hobbled by my alpha, cast out of my pack, and forced into an unfriendly world without any protection. But I’m not exactly helpless.Despite being unable to shift, I have talents the others don’t have. I can see the spirits of dead people, for one. And I have a knack for fighting rogue supernaturals.My ex-alpha will never let ... Read Book
Vaquita In 2006, vaquita, a diminutive porpoise making its home in the Upper Gulf of California, inherited the dubious title of world’s most endangered marine mammal. Nicknamed “panda of the sea” for their small size and beguiling facial markings, vaquitas have been in decline for decades, dying by the hundreds in gillnets intended for commercially valuable fish, as well as for an endangered fish ... Read Book
Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner’s uniquely American classic centers on Lyman Ward, a noted historian, who relates a fictionalized biography of his pioneer grandparents at a time when he has become estranged from his own family. Through a combination of research, memory, and exaggeration, Ward voices ideas concerning the relationship between history and the present, art and life, parents and children, husbands ... Read Book
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The Last Garden in England From the author of the international bestsellers The Light Over London and The Whispers of War comes “a compelling read, filled with lovable characters and an alluring twist of fates” (Ellen Keith, author of The Dutch Wife) about five women living across three different times whose lives are all connected by one very special garden.Present day: Emma Lovett, who has dedicated her career to ... Read Book
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