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UK Unsigned First Edition

£25.00

Nero

Author: David Wishart

Price: £25.00

Published by: Sceptre

Date Available: 21 November 1996

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Synopsis

A view of Emperor Nero is presented by Titus Petronius, Nero's pleasure-loving "Advisor on Taste", who illustrates how tumultuous and ultimately tragic his life was. Petronius finds his sympathies develop to lie more with the mad emperor than with the forces that seek to keep him in check.

About the Author

David Wishart studied Classics at Edinburgh University. He then taught Latin and Greek in school for four years and after this retrained as a teacher of EFL. He lived and worked abroad for eleven years, working in Kuwait, Greece and Saudi Arabia, and now lives with his wife and family in Scotland.

This copy has a small amount of rippling and discolouration to the page block. the dust wrapper has been price clipped.

Additional Information

Cover Type: Hardback

ISBN: 9780340667019

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