Victoria Alvear
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Victoria Alvear writes historical fiction set in the ancient world. Her latest book, The Cleansing, tells the true story of a Vestal Virgin in ancient Rome falsely accused of having sex, thus "causing" a massacre of Roman soldiers at the Battle of Cannae. She is also the author of A Day of Fire: A Novel of Troy, A Song of War: A Novel of Troy, Cleopatra's Moon, and others. Victoria has worked as a docent at the Michael C. Carlos Museum of antiquities at Emory University for nearly 20 years.
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The Cleansing: A Novel of Ancient Rome
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Historical Fiction
The Cleansing is based on the shocking true story of a Vestal Virgin priestess in ancient Rome on trial for having sex after being blamed/scapegoated as the "reason" why Roman legions were massacred at the Battle of Cannae. If she doesn't win her case, she will be buried alive. Told from the priestess's point of view, it is the story of a woman's desperate attempt to save her own life in the face of violent misogyny. 
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