Slave Girls of Rome [Paperback]

Don Winslow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 13, 2002

Master eroticist Don Winslow looks at the Roman Empire during its ascendancy in this tale of power and pleasure. Never has a city been as depraved as Rome — and never have women been so relentlessly used as Rome's voluptuous slaves. With no choice but to serve their lustful masters, these captive beauties had to perform their duties with the passion of Venus herself.

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About the Author

Don Winslow is an internationally best selling writer of erotic fiction, and a dedicated subversive in the war for expressive freedom. Winslow has written some 20 books, including the famous Ironwood saga. Hollis Compton, critic for New Age Publications, has called Don Winslow the “Maxfield Parrish of erotic fiction.”

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Running Press (September 13, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562013033
• ISBN-13: 978-1562013035
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,831,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rome Uncovered, June 9, 2001

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Kevin Tipple (Plano, Texas) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Slave Girls of Rome (Paperback)

In this effort, Don Winslow takes the reader back to the glory days of Ancient Rome. The living is harsh and violent by today’s standards, but the prizes are definitely more easily obtainable as the women know their place and are ready to please.

As the novel opens, Marcus (the narrator) is at the opulent home of Quintus Licus, a rich merchant in the city of Rome. Quintus is renowned for his parties and his large wife, Lydia, is known for her sexual raids on the many young military men that attend the parties. Fortunately, since Lydia is occupied, Marcus is spared from her affections. Instead, Marcus is treated to a multi page and very detailed ...from one of the rich merchant’s many slave girls.

...Marcus is an unhappy man. He hates being posted to Rome, which not only bores him, but also stretches his meager income further than it can go. He hates the camp life in Rome and wants to see some action. After watching a lovely blonde goddess being sold from the slave caravan, Marcus becomes inspired. He decides to ask to be reposted from Rome and wants to go North into hostile territory and claim a blond goddess of his own as well as some plunder. He decides to ask to be posted to Gaul—the frontier.

He is posted to a garrison by the name of Bernesium. There he will be the only officer in charge of 200 men. Bernesium has its own very rich merchant in the form of Asinus Gratius. Gratius, among other things, supplies the whores to the troops of the Garrison and reserves some very special ones for use by V.I. P.’s such as Marcus.

What follows is the usual good work from Don Winslow. Great descriptions of the sights and sounds and plenty of very hot sexual action. If you are into period pieces, or historical works, this is definitely one to ad to your collection. It certainly would have made studying world history all those years ago much more interesting!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I don't think our hero ever get's what he wants ...., May 20, 2003

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Rudolf Spoerer "dowadiddi" (Weston, FL United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Slave Girls of Rome (Paperback)

Poor Marcos, after seeing a tall willfull blond haired blue eyed Nordic slave sold to the wealthy in Rome, he decides to request a transfer to the Northern hinterlands so that he can get himself one of those beauties to bring home.

The author spends considerable time describing the orgiastic feasts in the harems of the slave masters, and, of course the expected disciplinary proceedures for tose young girls that may not be as happy as expected in their new lives as sex slaves ....

I guess I got the feeling that very few of the characters had much depth or inner feelings and that they all just kind or went through the motions ... thats what takes the book from 5 star erotica to 3 star porn ....

The book itself is 178 pages and an added bonus in my edition has some 80 pages of short erotic stories .....

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slave Girls of Rome, September 30, 2002

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Frances LaGatta (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slave Girls of Rome (Paperback)

Rome was definitely a rich mans [prostitute] in days of yore! I love historical erotica and what better setting than this decadent city, insatiable for more flesh and the delights they bring? A battle weary soldgier, Marcus, spends the night carousing at the palatial estate of a fabulously wealthy merchant. Lounging on silken pillows, he gives himself up to beautiful , specially trained sex slaves. Fabulous orgies abound throughout. And Marcus travels north on a quest for a unique blonde female barbarian that has become his obsession. Along the way, he encounters the delightfully kinky Gratius, who supplies masterfully skilled [prostitute] to the army, local merchants, and prominent politicians while he partakes of the `choicest' slaves in his villa of pleasure, sharing all he knows with Marcus. From rousing romps in steams rooms and simmering Roman baths that give `steamy' new meaning, to well-oiled female gladiators engaged in battles of orgasmic proportions and the `training' of slave girls in the sexual submission, you name it-- it's in this book! There is not one hot stone left unturned. Once again, master eroticist Don Winslow delvers the best.