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Imperial Purple

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1892. For his most famous book, Imperial Purple, Saltus, novelist, poet and essayist, drew heavily from the histories of Suetonius and Tacitus to create a portrait of the bloody pageantry of Rome, from the majestic Julius Caesar to the freakish Heliogabalus. Contents: That Woman; Conjectural Rome; Fabulous Fields; The Pursuit of the Impossible; Nero; The House of Flavia; The Poison in the Purple; Faustine; and The Agony.

Language: English

Pages: 172

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing

Release: July 25, 2007

ISBN: 0548022496

ISBN 13: 9780548022498

Imperial Purple

4.2/5 ( ratings)

1892. For his most famous book, Imperial Purple, Saltus, novelist, poet and essayist, drew heavily from the histories of Suetonius and Tacitus to create a portrait of the bloody pageantry of Rome, from the majestic Julius Caesar to the freakish Heliogabalus. Contents: That Woman; Conjectural Rome; Fabulous Fields; The Pursuit of the Impossible; Nero; The House of Flavia; The Poison in the Purple; Faustine; and The Agony.

Language: English

Pages: 172

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing

Release: July 25, 2007

ISBN: 0548022496

ISBN 13: 9780548022498

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