Author:  Casati, Costanza 
Myth & legend told as fiction
Published on 24 April 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 464 pages
196 x 128 x 25 | 318g
The Queen Who Defied the Gods: A Tale of Power, Love, and Revenge in Ancient AssyriaTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER‘A stirring, addictive and intoxicating tale. . . Casati’s Babylonia has cemented her as one of the most skilled and exciting writers of historical fiction’ BEA FITZGERALD, author of GIRL, GODDESS, QUEEN'An astounding achievement, one of the most vivid, powerful works of historical fiction I have ever read. . . I was utterly swept up in the world of this novel' ELODIE HARPER, author of THE WOLF DEN--Babylonia – the Assyrian city of the Gods – is home to the strong and ambitious.
Into its streets steps an orphan, Semiramis, new wife to a broken warrior. There she meets King Ninus - who soon wants her for himself.
Semiramis will bow to no man. For who will stand in her way? A husband? A lover? For in this world, kings fall while queens rise.
--‘Reading Babylonia is like reading an enchantment on the page, in which the unfathomable heroines of legend and history become living people’ ANNIE GARTHWAITE, author of CECILYPRAISE FOR CLYTEMNESTRA'Vivid with fury, passion and strength, this is a fabulous myth retelling' JENNIFER SAINT'A blaze of a novel, fiery and furious - and alight with murderous revenge' DAILY MAIL'A powerhouse of a novel. Clytemnestra's rage, heartbreak and determination radiate off the page' ELODIE HARPER'A thrilling tale of power and prophecies, and the fierce Queen who fought back at those who wronged her' COSMOPOLITANInstant Sunday Times bestseller, July 2024