The Sweet Revenge of Marcus Aurelius

<p>The Sweet Revenge of Marcus Aurelius is based on the true story of a talented and ingenious slave who sold his master. When he was still a young house boy Marcus Aurelius was taught to read and write by the plantation owner's rebellious twelve-year-old daughter who also instilled in him a passionate desire for freedom. She even encouraged him to escape which he did - three different times - thus setting in motion his ultimate and sweetest revenge. His story even without fictionalizing is a wide-ranging swash-buckling tale of a fittingly just revenge set against many venues: the cruelties and dehumanizing effects of plantation life a year in a unique community of escaped slaves in the Great Dismal Swamp Paris high society in the Second Republic duels an enduring love affair bad dogs and violent slave catchers crime-ridden New Orleans street life and even a stint as a passenger on a pirate ship.</p>