{"product_id":"9780753827840-lavinia","title":"Lavinia","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA compulsive, heart-breaking historical romance\u003cbr\u003eAn exceptional combination of history and mythology - \u003cb\u003e'an intriguing, luxuriously realised novel' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exceptional combination of history and mythology - 'an intriguing, luxuriously realised novel' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Subtly moving, playful.a novel that brought me to tears more than once. Lavinia is a delightful heroine' GUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Like Spartan Helen, I caused a war.  She caused hers by letting men who wanted her take her. I caused mine because I wouldn't be given, wouldn't be taken, but chose my man and my fate.  The man was famous, the fate obscure; not a bad balance.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLavinia is the daughter of the King of Latium, a victorious warrior who loves peace; she is her father's closest companion. Now of an age to wed, Lavinia's mother favours her own kinsman, King Turnus of Rutulia, handsome, heroic, everything a young girl should want. Instead, Lavinia dreams of mighty Aeneas, a man she has heard of only from a ghost of a poet, who comes to her in the gods' holy place and tells her of her future, and Aeneas' past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf she refuses to wed Turnus, Lavinia knows she will start a war - but her fate was set the moment the poet appeared to her in a dream and told her of the adventurer who fled fallen Troy, holding his son's hand and carrying his father on his back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943310569569,"sku":"9780753827840","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_8004949_jpg.jpg?v=1707733669","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780753827840-lavinia","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}