The War Queens

<p>By the sixth century the Roman Empire is already lost to tribal invasions brutal Merovingian Franks have seized Gaul from the civilized Romanized Visigoths and a dark age has descended across Europe. Now a deadly rivalry arises between two Merovingian queens. Brunhilda and Fredegunda are equals in beauty and intelligence but opposite in vision and temperament. When the Franks demand a royal bride Visigoth Brunhilda marries into a world that despises women. Suddenly thrust into power and repeatedly facing loss and grief she seeks to revive a new Rome based on justice and prosperity. Her implacable foe Fredegunda is a former slave concubine who lives only for personal power. Insanely jealous of high-born Brunhilda she uses seduction assassination war and even witchcraft in her campaign to destroy her. Can Brunhilda survive this onslaught of evil? Can her vision survive?</p>