Memoirs of Hadrian ; and, Reflections on the composition of Memoirs of Hadrian
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Author
Yourcenar, Marguerite.
Contributors
Frick, Grace.
Yourcenar, Marguerite. Carnets de notes de "Mémoires d'Hadrien."
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Format
Book
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
347 pages, 44 unnumbered pages of plates ; 21 cm
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references.
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"Both an exploration of character and a meditation on history, Marguerite Yourcenar's novel Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its publication in France in 1951. Written in the form of a testamentary letter from the emperor Hadrian to his successor, the youthful Marcus Aurelius, the work is as extraordinary for its psychological depth as for its accurate reconstruction of the second century of our era. In it, Yourcenar reimagines Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor, his reordering of a war-torn world."--BOOK JACKET.

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LC Subjects
Emperors -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Hadrian, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 76-138 -- Fiction.
Rome -- History -- Hadrian, 117-138 -- Fiction.
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Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.