65 AD. The most powerful man in the world, the Roman emperor Nero, is weeping in the chamber of his beloved wife. Her golden curls are strewn on the mosaicked floor. Her bright eyes have stopped shining. At age 35, Pompeii's famous daughter is no more. This is the story of Poppaea Sabina - a woman who was hated and adored, praised and maligned, an extraordinary woman who suffered a terrible fate.