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Babylonia
Costanza Casati
Overview: Babylonia by Costanza Casati
Babylonia by Costanza Casati is a standout read featured on Slay the Page. Explore the genre, page count, audiobook length and narrator, synopsis, content notes, publisher details, and author background before you dive in. Selected as a Book of the Month main pick for January 2025.
Book Details: Babylonia by Costanza Casati
Genre: Historical Fiction
Page Count: 448 Pages (Hardcover)
Audiobook Length: 16 Hours, 21 Minutes
Narrator: Ayesha Antoine
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Publication Date: June 13, 2024
Selected By: Book of the Month — Main Pick (January 2025)
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Publisher’s Description of Babylonia by Costanza Casati
From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra, Babylonia by Costanza Casati is another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, painting the brutal and captivating empire of gods and men, and the one queen destined to rule them all.
A common woman. The governor she married. The king who loved them both.
Babylonia across the centuries has become the embodiment of lust, excess, and dissolute power that ruled Ancient Assyria. In this world you had to kill to be king. Or, in the case of Semiramis, an orphan raised on the outskirts of an empire:
Queen.
Nothing about Semiramis’s upbringing could have foretold her legacy. But when she meets a young representative of the new Assyrian king, a prophecy unfolds before her, one that puts her in the center of a brutal world and in the hearts of two men – one who happens to be king.
Now a risen lady in a court of vipers, Semiramis becomes caught in the politics and viciousness of ancient Assyria. Instead of bartering with fate, Semiramis trains in war and diplomacy. And with each move, she rises in rank, embroiled in a game of power, desire, love, and betrayal, until she can ascend to the only position that will ever keep her safe.
In her second novel, Costanza Casati brilliantly weaves myth and ancient history together to give Semiramis, the only female ruler of the Assyrian Empire, a voice, charting her captivating ascent to a throne no one promised her.
Babylonia by Costanza Casati is published by Sourcebooks Landmark.
Content Notes: Babylonia by Costanza Casati
Babylonia by Costanza Casati includes sensitive content flagged by Book of the Month, including scenes that depict sexual assault, domestic abuse, suicide, and related themes. For more details, view reader-submitted content notes on The StoryGraph.
Who Babylonia by Costanza Casati Is Perfect For
Perfect for readers drawn to fierce, feminist retellings that reclaim power through myth, legend, and bloodshed. Babylonia by Costanza Casati is ideal for those who loved the unapologetic rage and political tension in Clytemnestra, and who want to follow another woman forced to survive — and rule — in a world of violence, empires, and gods. If you’re into historical fiction that reads like myth and feels like prophecy, this one belongs on your shelf.
About the Author: Costanza Casati
Costanza Casati was born in Texas and grew up in a village in Northern Italy, where she studied Ancient Greek, and Ancient Greek literature, under one of the country’s most rigorous academic programmes. She is a graduate of the Warwick Writing MA in the UK, and has worked as a screenwriter and journalist. Her debut novel, Clytemnestra, has sold into 18 territories worldwide, was the winner of the Glass Bell Award, an Indie Next Pick and a nominee for Best Fantasy in the Goodreads Choice Awards. Babylonia, her second novel, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller (Goodreads, 2025).
View Constanza Casati’s Goodreads author profile for a full list of books, ratings, and reader reviews.
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