SPECIAL! Selections from Jenny Williamson's Enemy of My Dreams Audiobook

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In today's special episode we're sharing selections from Enemy of My Dreams by Ancient History Fangirl's Jenny Williamson, narrated by Lisa Flanagan, published by Canary Street Press. Shared with permission of the Author and publisher. Learn more here.

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CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The selections selections from her new novel, Enemy of My Dreams, it is available in
0:37.4	audiobook. Jenny has provided us with
0:40.4	short little introductions for each of the scene and told us everything more about the book that
0:45.9	you need to know. But I really just want you to listen. I read this book ages ago and I am so
0:53.2	excited to know that or to have it out in this world. I got to read it
0:58.3	before it was published. I'm excited to read it again and the sequel, which is in the works and
1:03.6	which is in my inbox because I have special treatment. Honestly, it's great. I love Jenny.
1:08.7	And so just please sit back and enjoy these selections from her incredibly
1:14.4	historical and mythical romance, but also full of Roman warfare novel, Enemy of My Dreams.
1:26.9	Hi there. Let's talk about Miss Baby listeners. I'm Jenny Williamson. I have a podcast,
1:32.8	Ancient History Fan Girl, where we talk about true stories and tall tales from the ancient world,
1:37.8	and also, I'm a romance author. I wrote a romance novel called Enemy of My Dreams about
1:43.7	Alaric of the Visigoths, who
1:45.5	sacked Rome in 410 AD, and in my book he falls in love with a very boozy, very hedonistic
1:52.0	Roman princess who I made up. Together, they tear down an empire, but first they have to fall in love,
1:58.3	and these are two people who would rather be eaten by wolves.
2:06.8	It's a fun novel and I think fans of Liv Albert's Let's Talk About Myths Baby will love this book for its semi-mythological historical time period, its wild, take-no prisoners heroin,
2:12.6	and its unabashed smuttyness. The audiobook version is narrated by the outstanding Lisa Flanagan,
2:18.4	and I thought I would share this snippet with all of you. The audiobook version is narrated
2:22.8	by the phenomenal Lisa Flanagan, and I thought that I would share this snippet with all of you.
2:28.8	This scene is my heroine Julia's introduction. She's based on three historical figures.
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