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Memoirs of Hadrian

by Marguerite Yourcenar

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Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor, his gradual reordering of a war-torn world, writing with the imaginative insight of a great writer of the twentieth century while crafting a prose style as elegant and precise as those of the Latin stylists of Hadrian's own era.

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Hadrian, approaching death, writes a long valedictory letter to the young Marcus Aurelius, next-but-one in the line of succession. Hadrian describes his accession and explains the philosophy that informed his rule over the powerful and far-flung Empire.
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ISBN:
9780141184968
Author:
YOURCENAR, MARGUERITE
Translator:
FRICK, GRACE
Publisher:
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Location:
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Copyright:
2000
Edition Description:
NEW ED
Series:
PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS
Publication Date:
20001207
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
198 x 128 in.
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