The Letters of the Younger Pliny
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- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
31 December 1963
Summary
Pliny’s letters provide a series of fascinating views on imperial Rome. A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was also a prolific letter-writer, who numbered among his correspondents such eminent figures as Tacitus, Suetonius and the Emperor Trajan, as well as a wide circle of friends and family. His lively and very personal letters address an astonishing range of topics, from a deeply moving account of his uncle’s death in the eruption that engulfed Pompeii, to observati…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140441277 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140441271 |
| Author: | Betty Radice, The Younger Pliny |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 December 1963 |
| Weight: | 239g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Classics |
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About The Author
Betty Radice
Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was a prominent lawyer, administrator, and prolific letter-writer.
Betty Radice was an honorary fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford and vice-president of the Classical Association. She was a renowned translator of both Latin and Greek.
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