Memoirs of Hadrian

Name: Memoirs of Hadrian
Author: Marguerite Yourcenar

by Marguerite Yourcenar

Novel · #360 of 500

Why here in the reading order: closes the round: a fictional Roman emperor's own reckoning, echoing Marcus Aurelius's Meditations from earlier in the round

Connects to: Biography, World History — Fictional memoir of a Roman emperor — a real Biography-category pairing

On 3 of the 9 source lists: Bok, G:Readers, LeMonde

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