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Written in the form of a testamentary letter from the Emperor Hadrian to his successor, the youthful Marcus Aurelius, this 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 his contemporaries, both friends and enemies. Marguerite Yourcenar reconstructs Hadrian's arduous early years, his triumphs and reversals, and his gradual reordering of a war-torn world.
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- Author
- Yourcenar, Margaret
- Publisher
- Noonday : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 1963
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780374529260
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Romance, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.25 / 5 (83 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- Mémoires d'Hadrien (1977)
- Mémoires d'Hadrien ; (suivi de) Carnets de notes de "Mémoires d'Hadrien" (2019)
- Memoirs of Hadrian : and reflections on the composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (1962)
- Memorias De Adriano / Memories Of Adriano (2011)
- Memoirs of Hadrian: and Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (1985)
- Memoirs of Hadrian : and reflections on the composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (1951)
- Memorias De Adriano (1994)
- Memorias de Adriano (1983)
- Memorias de Adriano [3264] (2010)
- Mémoires d'Hadrien ; suivi de Carnets de notes des Mémoires d'Hadrien (1977)
- Memoires D'Hadrien: Carnets De Notes De Memoires D'Hadrien (Folio Series No 921) (1974)
- Memorie di Adriano : seguite dai, Taccuini di appunti (2002)
- Memorias de Adriano (2014)
- Memorie di Adriano : seguite dai, Taccuini di appunti (1988)
- Memorias de Adriano/ Adriano's Memories (1983)
- Memoirs of Hadrian ; and, Reflections on the composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (1995)
- Memoirs of Hadrian : and reflections on the composition of memoirs of Hadrian (1977)
- Memorie di Adriano : seguite dai, Taccuini di appunti (2012)
- Mémoires d'Hadrien ; suivi de Carnets de notes des Mémoires d'Hadrien (2011)
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