Honor Cargill-Martin

Gebundenes Buch

Messalina

Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World

Beschreibung

"In her new life of Messalina, the classicist Honor Cargill-Martin reappraises one of the most slandered and underestimated female figures of ancient history. Looking beyond the salacious anecdotes, she finds a woman battling to assert her position in the overwhelmingly male world of imperial Roman politics - and succeeding. Intelligent, passionate, and ruthless when she needed to be, Messalina's story encapsulates the cut-throat political manoeuvring and unimaginable luxury of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in its heyday."--Publisher.

Autor

Honor Cargill-Martin is an author, classicist, and art historian from London. She read Classical Archeology and Ancient History at Oxford, winning a scholarship and graduating with a first-class degree in 2019. She has masters degrees in Greek and Roman history and Italian Renaissance Art. She is currently studying for a doctorate focusing on political sex scandals in Ancient Rome at Christ Church College Oxford. She has published a number of children’s fiction titles. Her biography of Messalina is her first non-fiction title.   

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pegasus Books
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 164mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9781639363957
• ISBN-10: 1639363955
• Artikelnr.: 66229033