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March 2018
On Sale: March 20, 2018
544 pages
ISBN: 0451473396
EAN: 9780451473394
Kindle: B01H17U9EQ
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Mystery 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.
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