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Galloway, Priscilla. The Courtesan's Daughter. New York: Delacorte Press, 2002. ISBN: 0-385-90052-X, PZ7.G1385. Hardcover. 256 pages. $16.95.

Although set in ancient Greece, where a pantheon of gods governs the daily lives of Athenians and slavery exists, the conflicts in the protagonist's Athens echo the political structures in our present. In The Courtesan's Daughter, Priscilla Galloway details the private lives of spirited Greek women undeterred by their lack of a legal voice and sheds light onto a chauvinistic and class conscious Greek "democracy" our society upholds as the foundation for just government. The Courtesan's Daughter is an account of a fourteen year old girl's elevation from the poor class to the highest circles through her marriage to an eldest son of a reputable family and her stepmother's courageous support against powerful enemies.

Alexandra Bashkatova, January 2004

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