The Wolf Den is a novel by Elodie Harper which is set in Pompeii in the 1st century CE in Pompeii’s lupanar which is the brothel of the ancient city. The term lupanar could mean both brothel or wolf den, and the term lupa could be used for both a she-wolf or a prostitute. The novel follows the point of view of Amara, a Greek woman born into a middle-class family, who had to be sold after her father died. She ended up as a prostitute in Pompeii and works at the Wolf Den with four other women. However, Amara has not just accepted the misfortune which life has thrown her and wants more than anything to be free. This novel, which is the first of a trilogy, follows Amara as she does whatever it takes to change her fate. A riveting tale of power, love, hate, privilege, female empowerment and female friendships found in the most unlikely situations' Buki Papillon, author of An Ordinary Wonder

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