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Also by Margaret George:

The Splendor Before the Dark, October 2019
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The Splendor Before the Dark, November 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
The Confessions of Young Nero, March 2018
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The Confessions of Young Nero, March 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
Elizabeth I, April 2011
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THE CONFESSIONS OF YOUNG NERO
By: Margaret George

Berkley
March 2017
On Sale: March 7, 2017
Featuring: Agrippina; Nero
528 pages
ISBN: 0451473388
EAN: 9780451473387
Kindle: B01H17U9EQ
Hardcover / e-Book
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Historical

The New York Times bestselling and legendary author of Helen of Troy and Elizabeth I now turns her gaze on Emperor Nero, one of the most notorious and misunderstood figures in history.

Built on the backs of those who fell before it, Julius Caesar’s imperial dynasty is only as strong as the next person who seeks to control it. In the Roman Empire no one is safe from the sting of betrayal: man, woman—or child.

As a boy, Nero’s royal heritage becomes a threat to his very life, first when the mad emperor Caligula tries to drown him, then when his great aunt attempts to secure her own son’s inheritance. Faced with shocking acts of treachery, young Nero is dealt a harsh lesson: it is better to be cruel than dead.

While Nero idealizes the artistic and athletic principles of Greece, his very survival rests on his ability to navigate the sea of vipers that is Rome. The most lethal of all is his own mother, a cold-blooded woman whose singular goal is to control the empire. With cunning and poison, the obstacles fall one by one. But as Agrippina’s machinations earn her son a title he is both tempted and terrified to assume, Nero’s determination to escape her thrall will shape him into the man he was fated to become—an Emperor who became legendary.

With impeccable research and captivating prose, The Confessions of Young Nero is the story of a boy’s ruthless ascension to the throne. Detailing his journey from innocent youth to infamous ruler, it is an epic tale of the lengths to which man will go in the ultimate quest for power and survival.