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The one 'fact' that everyone knows about Emperor Nero is that he fiddled while Rome burned. But what elements of nature and nuture combined to make this notorious character? An entertaining view is presented by Titus Petronius, Nero's pleasure-loving Advisor on Taste, through whose eyes we see the tumultuous, and ultimately tragic, life of the emperor.
But is it a view we can trust? As their relationship develops, Petronius finds to his dismay that his personal sympathies lie more with the mad emperor than with the forces that seek to keep him in check. Caught between his own beliefs and the political realities of his time, he finds himself walking a path which will lead him and others inevitably to disaster.
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Wishart shows himself entertainingly able to project himself into the daily realities of ancient times. (The Scotsman)
A history lesson without tears! (Hartlepool Mail)
gripping . . . Chandler meets Robert Graves and John Barth (TLS)
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A history lesson without tears! (Hartlepool Mail)
gripping . . . Chandler meets Robert Graves and John Barth (TLS)
A vivid and engaging fictional biography of the notorious Roman emperor
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- PublisherSceptre
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0340667028
- ISBN 13 9780340667026
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages284
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Nero
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Sceptre, Great Britian
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ISBN 10: 0340667028
ISBN 13: 9780340667026
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