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Babylonia

Costanza Casati’s captivating and historically insightful second novel, inspired by a real Assyrian queen, is a resonant page turner.

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Review of ‘Babylonia’

Costanza Casati, author of Clytemnestra, draws on a myth inspired by the real Assyrian queen Semiramis in her mesmerizingly intricate second novel, spinning together fact and legend about the first female ruler of one of the most influential kingdoms in world history.

Babylonia begins in 823 B.C.E. in the small village of Mari, where Semiramis…

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