Priscilla the Magnificent (autographed) by William Wong Foey

The Helen and Joe Chew Foundation carries a variety of rare autographed books by local 19th Century Chinese American descendant William Wong Foey. William’s grandfather, Wong Foey arrive in 1862. The cover is also the original artwork of William Wong Foey. If you’re looking for a special collection piece of work with an authentic signature, you’ve come to the right place.

Priscilla the Magnificent is kidnapped as a child from her native British Isles to be raised as a Roman, young Priscilla refuses to bend to life as a Roman citizen. After a forbidden tryst with a slave boy named Thad, Priscilla is married off to a powerful senator as a teenager. Ever defiant, she is then sold into slavery and ends up at the dreaded gladiator school — a place where no one is expected to survive for more than a year. Priscilla not only survives but thrives and becomes Rome’s most famous and popular female gladiator. During one of her many battles, she is reunited with Thad, who is also a popular gladiator. Together again, the lovers fight the might of the Roman Empire and Emperor Nero with the hope of someday returning to their native homelands.

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