Nero [Import] [Hardcover]

D. Wishart (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 340 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Canada (1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 034066701X
• ISBN-13: 978-0340667019
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #499,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Seneca's memoirs, in fictional form, January 18, 2008

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Eric Oppen (Iowa Falls, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nero (Hardcover)

This book is presented as though it were dictated by Seneca, the Roman writer, as he was committing suicide on the orders of the emperor Nero. While the modern language can jar sometimes (the Romans did not know about chimpanzees, and would not be likely to refer to someone fouling his pants) it's a good read.

Nero is presented as a person with real artistic talent, the victim of a monster-mother...but, at seventh and last, someone who chose evil because he preferred it.