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Det är juni 1810 och det brinner en eld på terrassen till det Fersenska palatset. Grevinnan Sophie Piper rör sig oroligt fram och tillbaka, göder elden med brev och avskrifter som under inga omständigheter får hamna i orätta händer. På Stockholms gator hörs pöbeln ryta: De ska hänga räfvhonan i hennes egna tarmar och sedan supera på Haga. Där förbereder sig drottning Charlotta på flykt.

A beautiful pagan. A ruler searching for a wife. Can a marriage of expedience change the course of an empire? Constantinople, AD 419. Athenais holds faint hope for her future. When the impoverished orphan’s male relatives offer her up as a consort for the emperor, she reluctantly agrees to study the philosophical arguments for the required conversion to Christianity. But while the accomplished scholar quickly falls for her imperial husband, she struggles with the court’s cutthroat political maneuvering and stubborn religious fanaticism.

This ebook shares a story about a foreigner navigating life in America and the journey of discovering feminism, transforming into an independent girl who faces challenges with a smile and holds onto the belief that a beautiful rainbow follows every storm.