They are taken to Rome, proudly displayed as captives and then taken to the Caesar’s own home to be raised, with other children he has captured in various wars.
Selene, as well her her two brothers, has been captured by the Romans after they defeated her parents in Egypt. I have always had a fascination with ancient Egypt and although LotN takes places in Rome, I was still engrossed in the story.
But can she succeed where her mother failed? And what will it cost her in a political game where the only rule is win or die? The magic of Egypt and Isis remain within her. But faced with a new and ruthless Caesar who is obsessed with having a Cleopatra of his very own, Selene is determined honor her mother’s lost legacy. Nor can she stop the emperor from using her for his own political ends. Now trapped in a Roman court of intrigue that reviles her heritage and suspects her faith, Selene can’t hide the hieroglyphics that carve themselves into her flesh. Selene’s captors mock her royalty and drag her through the streets in chains, but on the brink of death, the children are spared as a favor to the emperor’s sister, who takes them to live as hostages in the so-called lamentable embassy of royal orphans… Along with her two surviving brothers, she’s put on display as a war trophy in Rome. In the aftermath of Alexandria’s tragic fall, Princess Selene is taken from Egypt, the only home she’s ever known. Heir to one empire and prisoner of another, it falls to Princess Selene to save her brothers and reclaim what is rightfully hers. With her parents dead, the daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony is left at the mercy of her Roman captors. Determined and resourceful, Selene must shield her loved ones from the emperor’s wrath, all while vying with ruthless rivals like King Herod.Ames’ review of Lily Of the Nile by Stephanie Dray. But when Augustus Caesar jealously demands that Selene’s children be given over to him to be fostered in Rome, she’s drawn back into the web of imperial plots and intrigues that she vowed to leave behind. With her husband, King Juba II and the magic of Isis that is her birthright, Selene brings prosperity and peace to a kingdom thirsty for both. No longer the pitiful orphaned daughter of the despised Egyptian Whore, the twenty year old is now the most powerful queen in the empire, ruling over the kingdom of Mauretaniaan exotic land of enchanting possibility where she intends to revive her dynasty. Based on the true story of Cleopatra’s daughter After years of abuse as the emperor’s captive in Rome, Cleopatra Selene has found a safe harbor.
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