2021/002: Empire -- Devi Yesodharan

2021/002: Empire -- Devi Yesodharan

I would have been someone with a destiny. A hero is loved. A wife, a mother is loved. Am I in any way loved, Avvai? You have gifted me my loneliness. [loc. 2063]

I wasn't familiar with the history of the Chola empire, which dominated southern India for nearly a thousand years: Empire, which focusses on the experience of a female Greek prisoner-of-war during the 11th century, was fascinating and educational as well as being a good read.

( no spoilers )