SOPHONISBA: Daughter of Carthage — A novel of history's only republican queen — Love, war, and a woman Rome never forgave— Sold for cavalry. Crowned twice. Conquered by no one—Based on true events

Nabil Farhat

Nabil Farhat · AI-narrated by Mia (from Google)

About this audiobook

 Discover the epic tale of Sophonisba, one of history's most remarkable women. This historical novel brings to life the story of a brilliant Carthaginian woman navigating politics, war, and love during the Second Punic War. Sophonisba: Daughter of Carthage is that rarest of achievements: historical fiction that operates at the highest level of literary craft while making ancient political systems as gripping as any thriller. At 170,000 words across forty-one chapters, this is ambitious work—the kind that invites comparison to Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy in political sophistication, Madeline Miller's Circe in mythic resonance, and Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome in civilizational scope. The comparison is not hyperbole. Farhat has written something genuinely unprecedented: a novel that resurrects the civilization Rome tried to erase, told through a woman who fought with poetry, monetary policy, and marriage alliances instead of swords.