Messalina
The Life and Times of Rome’s Most Scandalous Empress
$26.88
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
3 June 2024
Summary
This is the story of Messalina - third wife of Emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world.
According to the Roman historians Tacitus and Suetonius, the Empress Messalina was a sexually insatiable schemer. The tales they told about her – including a twenty-four-hour sex competition with a prostitute – have taken deep root in the Western imagination, but Messalina’s real story is much more complex.
In her reappraisal o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781801102605 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1801102600 |
| Author: | Honor Cargill-Martin |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Apollo |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 3 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 34mm |
You Can Find This Book In
About The Author
Honor Cargill-Martin
Honor Cargill-Martin is an author, classicist, and art historian from London. She read Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Oxford, winning a scholarship and graduating with a first-class degree in 2019. She holds master’s degrees in Greek and Roman history and Italian Renaissance Art. She is currently studying for a doctorate focusing on political sex scandals in Ancient Rome at Christ Church College, Oxford. She has published a number of children’s fiction titles. Her upcoming biography of the oft-slandered Roman empress Messalina is her first non-fiction title.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.