The Letters of the Younger Pliny: With Observations On Each Letter; And An Essay On Pliny's Life, Addressed To Charles Lord Boyle, Volume 2 (Penguin Classics Series)
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- Synopsis
- 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 observations on the early Christians - 'a desperate sort of cult carried to extravagant lengths' - from descriptions of everyday life in Rome, with its scandals and court cases, to Pliny's life in the country.
- Copyright:
- 2003
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780141915944
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780140441277
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Date of Addition:
- 11/18/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
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- This is a copyrighted book.
- Introduction by:
- Betty Radice
- Translator:
- Betty Radice
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