Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero

Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero

From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne (“Gripping . . . the narrative verve of a born writer and the erudition of a scholar” —Daniel Mendelsohn) and editor of The Landmark …

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