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Title: Nero
Author: Anthony Everitt, Roddy Ashworth
Narrator: Greg Patmore
Format: mp3
Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
Release date: 11-08-22
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 84 ratings
Genres: Ancient
Publisher's Summary:
The Roman emperor Nero’s name has long been a byword for cruelty, decadence, and despotism. As the stories go, he set fire to Rome and thrummed his lyre as it burned. He then cleared the charred ruins and built a vast palace. He committed incest with his mother, who had schemed and killed to place him on the throne, and later murdered her. But these stories, left behind by contemporary historians who hated him, are hardly the full picture, and in this nuanced biography, celebrated historian Anthony Everitt and investigative journalist Roddy Ashworth reveal the contradictions inherent in Nero