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PublisherPegasus Books
ISBN-101639363955
ISBN-139781639363957
eBay Product ID (ePID)12058365346
Product Key Features
Book TitleMessalina : Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: the Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Royalty, Ancient / Rome, Historical
Publication Year2023
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorHonor Cargill-Martin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight20.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-441457
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsClassicist Cargill-Martin reexamines the life of a notorious Roman empress in this vibrant tome. Cargill-Martin does an excellent job of bringing the tumult, intrigue, and danger of the Julio-Claudian dynasty to life, mining original sources to get to the heart of who this complicated woman was in the world in which she lived., Written with poise, flair, and acute intelligence, brimming with passion and humor, Honor Cargill-Martin's Messalina is more than just a corrective biography of a much-misunderstood woman. It is a tour de force, a captivating journey into the wild world of imperial Rome, and the most accomplished historical debut that I have read in years.
Dewey Decimal937/.07092 B
SynopsisThe story of Messalina - third wife of the emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world The image of the empress Messalina as a ruthless, sexually insatiable schemer, derived from the work of Roman historians such as Tacitus and Suetonius, has taken deep root in the Western imagination. The stories they told about her included nightly visits to a brothel and a twenty-four-hour sex competition witha prostitute. Tales like these have defined the empress's legacy, but her real story is much more complex. In her new life of Messalina, the classicist Honor Cargill-Martin reappraises one of the most slandered and underestimated female figures of ancient history. Looking beyond the salacious anecdotes, she finds a woman battling to assert her position in the overwhelmingly male world of imperial Roman politics - and succeeding. Intelligent, passionate, and ruthless when she needed to be, Messalina's story encapsulates the cut-throat political manoeuvring and unimaginable luxury of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in its heyday. Cargill-Martin sets out not to 'salvage' Messalina's reputation, but to look at her life in the context of her time. Above all, she seeks to reclaim the humanity of a life story previously circumscribed by currents of high politics and patriarchy.
LC Classification NumberDG284.C365 2023
