From a masterful writer of myth and fantasy, a beautiful reimagining of one of the most pivotal characters in Virgil's Aeneid

As the story goes, Virgil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to build an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a novel that takes us to the half-wild world of ancient Italy. Lavinia grows up knowing nothing but peace and freedom until her suitors arrive. Her mother wants her to marry handsome, ambitious Turnus. But omens and prophecies spoken by the sacred springs say she must marry a foreigner, that she will be the cause of a bitter war, and that her husband will not live long. When a fleet of Trojan ships sails up the Tiber, Lavinia decides to take her destiny into her own hands and tells us the story of her life--and her life's greatest love.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 04/10/2009
ISBN: 9780156033688
Pages: 279
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 07/19/2009 pg. 20

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 122479 / Lavinia
Reading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 15