by Lourdes Ortiz · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408032991
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«La liberta» is a historical novel by Lourdes Ortiz, published by Planeta in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is set in the Roman Empire era and follows Acte, a freed slave educated by Seneca who was Nero's lover and friend. From her old age, she recalls her love for the emperor, the rejection it provoked, her fascination with Saint Paul, and the power struggles of the Claudian dynasty, in a tale that blends legend and history.
Subtitled «Una mirada insólita sobre Pablo y Nerón», it appeared in 1999 in Planeta's Autores Españoles e Iberoamericanos collection.
For readers of historical fiction interested in imperial Rome, the figure of Nero, and the encounter between the pagan world and early Christianity.
Lourdes Ortiz is a Spanish writer of novels, plays, poems and essays. She has worked for several different newspapers and magazines, including El País, El Mundo, and Diario 16, mainly focusing on social and political topics.
