The Uncertain Hour - Rilegato

Browner, Jesse

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1596913398 ISBN 13: 9781596913394

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2007

Riassunto

A vivid portrait of life in ancient Rome offers a fictional account of the Roman author Petronius's final twelve hours after being falsely implicated in a plot to assassinate the emperor Nero, his decision to commit suicide to avoid execution, and his determination to throw the party of a lifetime to celebrate his life.

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L'autore:

Jesse Browner is a writer and translator who lives in New York. He is the author of the novels Conglomeros (1992) and Turnaway (1996), and of The Duchess Who Wouldn’t Sit Down, a widely praised history of hospitality in Western civilization. He has been a contributor to the New York Times Book Review, Food and Wine magazine, Nest magazine, New York magazine, and others.

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Book by Browner Jesse

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• Editore: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1596913398
• ISBN 13: 9781596913394
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 217