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{ NOV 2021 - Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, separation of book (front/ back matter, parts, and chapters), and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 347 pages Published: 1951 Edition: eBook source: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1990) Greatest Books (amalgamated list of best books) Original Title: Mémoires d'Hadrien Illustrations added from other eBook source Translated from the French by: Grace Frick This novel, unique in its approach to a figure from roman history, has had international acclaim from the time that it first appeared, in France. it has already been translated into fourteen languages of Europe and Asia. Written in the form of a testamentary letter from the Emperor Hadrian to his successor, the youthful arcus Aurelius, the work is as extraordinary for its psychological depth as for its accurate reconstruction of the second century of our era. The author describes the book as a meditation upon history, but this meditation is built upon intensive study of the personal and political life of a great and complex character as seen by himself and by his contemporaries, both friends and enemies. Ina prose as firm as that of the great Lat

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Author

Marguerite Yourcenar

Publisher

Noonday : Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

1951

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374503482

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Romance, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.25 / 5 (83 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14