Nero's heirs / Allan Massie
1999, First Edition. London : Sceptre. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his personalized bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages; Physical description. : 248 p. ; 24 cm. Subject: Rome - History - Civil War, 68-69 - Fiction. Rome - History - Empire, 30 B. C. -476 A. D. - Fiction. Summary: At the beginning of the year 66, Emperor Nero ruled the Roman Empire. By the end of it, Nero had committed suicide and three of his successors were dead, and out of the carnage of civil war at home and a nationalistic uprising in Judea a new emperor, Vespasian, had emerged. Item #212524
ISBN: 0340718765
Price: €8.95