The Splendor Before the Dark

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399584633
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Book Synopsis The Splendor Before the Dark by : Margaret George

Download or read book The Splendor Before the Dark written by Margaret George and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nero’s ascent to the throne was only the beginning....Now Margaret George, the author of The Confessions of Young Nero, weaves a web of politics and passion, as ancient Rome’s most infamous emperor cements his place in history. With the beautiful and cunning Poppaea at his side, Nero commands the Roman empire, ushering in an unprecedented era of artistic and cultural splendor. Although he has yet to produce an heir, his power is unquestioned. But in the tenth year of his reign, a terrifying prophecy comes to pass and a fire engulfs Rome, reducing entire swaths of the city to rubble. Rumors of Nero’s complicity in the blaze start to sow unrest among the populace—and the politicians.... For better or worse, Nero knows that his fate is now tied to Rome’s—and he vows to rebuild it as a city that will stun the world. But there are those who find his rampant quest for glory dangerous. Throughout the empire, false friends and spies conspire against him, not understanding what drives him to undertake the impossible. Nero will either survive and be the first in his family to escape the web of betrayals that is the Roman court, or be ensnared and remembered as the last radiance of the greatest dynasty the world has ever known. “A resplendent novel filled with the gilt and marble of the ancient world.”—C. W. Gortner, author of The Romanov Empress

The Confessions of Young Nero

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698184769
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Book Synopsis The Confessions of Young Nero by : Margaret George

Download or read book The Confessions of Young Nero written by Margaret George and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling and legendary author of Helen of Troy and Elizabeth I now turns her gaze on Emperor Nero, one of the most notorious and misunderstood figures in history. Built on the backs of those who fell before it, Julius Caesar’s imperial dynasty is only as strong as the next person who seeks to control it. In the Roman Empire no one is safe from the sting of betrayal: man, woman—or child. As a boy, Nero’s royal heritage becomes a threat to his very life, first when the mad emperor Caligula tries to drown him, then when his great aunt attempts to secure her own son’s inheritance. Faced with shocking acts of treachery, young Nero is dealt a harsh lesson: it is better to be cruel than dead. While Nero idealizes the artistic and athletic principles of Greece, his very survival rests on his ability to navigate the sea of vipers that is Rome. The most lethal of all is his own mother, a cold-blooded woman whose singular goal is to control the empire. With cunning and poison, the obstacles fall one by one. But as Agrippina’s machinations earn her son a title he is both tempted and terrified to assume, Nero’s determination to escape her thrall will shape him into the man he was fated to become—an Emperor who became legendary. With impeccable research and captivating prose, The Confessions of Young Nero is the story of a boy’s ruthless ascension to the throne. Detailing his journey from innocent youth to infamous ruler, it is an epic tale of the lengths to which man will go in the ultimate quest for power and survival.

Nero

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ISBN 13 : 9780692291405
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (914 download)

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Book Synopsis Nero by : Sarah Brianne

Download or read book Nero written by Sarah Brianne and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elle is determined to keep her mouth shut when the mob boss tells Nero to make her talk.

Death on Deadline

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453266054
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Book Synopsis Death on Deadline by : Robert Goldsborough

Download or read book Death on Deadline written by Robert Goldsborough and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To save his favorite newspaper, Nero Wolfe steps into the crossfire of a tabloid war. Master sleuth Nero Wolfe’s small circle of friends is limited to his assistant, Archie Goodwin; his chef, Fritz; and Lon Cohen, the head man at the New York Gazette. Cohen knows more about the city’s power structure than any man in Manhattan, and for years, he happily passed Wolfe information in return for the odd exclusive scoop. But now Cohen needs Wolfe’s help, for the Gazette is ailing and the vultures have begun to circle. Scottish newspaper magnate Ian MacLaren plans to gut the paper and turn it into a sex-filled conservative rag. Standing in his way is the company’s chief shareholder, Gazette heir Harriet Haverhill. But when the aged Ms. Haverhill dies in an apparent suicide, no one remains to resist the Scot’s advances except Wolfe. MacLaren may be fierce, but when the cause is just, Nero Wolfe knows how to play dirty too.

The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo Book 5)

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141364106
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Book Synopsis The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo Book 5) by : Rick Riordan

Download or read book The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo Book 5) written by Rick Riordan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's time to face the final trial . . . The battle for Camp Jupiter is over. New Rome is safe. Tarquin and his army of the undead have been defeated. Somehow Apollo has made it out alive, with a little bit of help from the Hunters of Artemis. But though the battle may have been won, the war is far from over. Now Apollo and Meg must get ready for the final - and, let's face it, probably fatal - adventure. They must face the last emperor, the terrifying Nero, and destroy him once and for all. Can Apollo find his godly form again? Will Meg be able to face up to her troubled past? Destiny awaits . . .

Fer-de-Lance

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Publisher : Crimeline
ISBN 13 : 0307755924
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Fer-de-Lance by : Rex Stout

Download or read book Fer-de-Lance written by Rex Stout and published by Crimeline. This book was released on 2010-07-21 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's getting dreadully close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. As for Wolfe, he's playing snake charmer in a case with more twists than an anaconda -- whistling a seductive tune he hopes will catch a killer who's still got poison in his heart.

Helen of Troy

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101218797
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis Helen of Troy by : Margaret George

Download or read book Helen of Troy written by Margaret George and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-08-03 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed author Margaret George tells the story of the legendary Greek woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in this New York Times bestseller. The Trojan War, fought nearly twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ, and recounted in Homer's Iliad, continues to haunt us because of its origins: one woman's beauty, a visiting prince's passion, and a love that ended in tragedy. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, Helen of Troy is an exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible, legendary characters—Odysseus, Hector, Achilles, Menelaus, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselves. With a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, it brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced.

Nero Book 1

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ISBN 13 : 9781735805467
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (54 download)

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Book Synopsis Nero Book 1 by : Christofer Nigro

Download or read book Nero Book 1 written by Christofer Nigro and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1981 in Buffalo, New York, and an angry, embittered young teen known and hated by his peers as Mike Nero is about to acquire a horrific tool of revenge -- he is about to be granted the power to transform at will into a werewolf from a most unexpected source. This novella begins his continuing saga, as he is compelled by combinations of choice and circumstance to use his newfound power to become everything from a seeker of personal vengeance to a reluctant anti-hero to oppose various threats that come his way and may present an even bigger menace to the Queen City than he is.This is his origin story, where he begins the long journey that will ultimately culminate in his becoming the lycanthropic monster hunter and champion code-named Beowolf you will see in various upcoming publications by Wild Hunt Press (hint: look out for BOOGEY KNIGHTS Vol. 1 and MANSION OF THE MACABRE Vol. 1, to name two!). However, the road that brings him there will be a difficult one filled with horror, tragedy, trauma, and triumph along the way, and it all started here! In his first exploit, you see Nero's origin as he seeks bloody revenge on those who had tormented him in the past, and also finds himself forced to use the power of the werewolf against the threat of the monstrous canine known as the Jack Dog and the vicious pack of feral dogs under his control that seek to become nothing less than the alpha predator of the Queen City, feeding on humans and targeting Nero, a newly created werewolf, as a rival to be eliminated. Can the young Nero prevail against the Jack Dog and his brutal pack even with the power of the werewolf at his beck and call, and while he is still just learning how the power works? And does he even want to, considering his own hatred of the human species?Rated Ex (Explicit) for graphic violence, strong language, and intense themes.

The Father Hunt

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Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307755916
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis The Father Hunt by : Rex Stout

Download or read book The Father Hunt written by Rex Stout and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All pretty Amy Denovo wants to find the father she has never seen, but she can’t afford Nero Wolfe’s outlandish fees . . . or can she? Suddenly she’s knocking on the oversized detective’s door with a parcel full of bills in hand—and a quarter of a million hidden in her closet. It’s all part of a nest egg left by her unknown father. But when Wolfe and his able assistant, Archie Goodwin, begin to trace the money to the man, they make a startling discovery: Amy’s father murdered her mother—and now he may be after her. “It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—New York Times Book Review

Rome Is Burning

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691233942
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Book Synopsis Rome Is Burning by : Anthony A. Barrett

Download or read book Rome Is Burning written by Anthony A. Barrett and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nero became Emperor in A.D 54. On the evening of July 18, 64 A. D., it seems that a lamp was left unextinguished in a stall still heaped with piles of combustible material. Whether this was accidental or deliberate we cannot now determine, and normally it would not have led to anything that would have attracted even local attention. But there was a gusty wind that night, and the flickering flame was fanned onto the flammable wares. The ensuing fire quickly spread. Before the onlookers could absorb what was happening one of the most catastrophic disasters ever to be endured by Rome was already underway. It was a disaster that brought death and misery to thousands. In Nero and the Great Fire of Rome, Anthony Barrett draws on new textual interpretations and the latest archaeological evidence, to tell the story of this pivotal moment in Rome's history and its lasting significance. Barrett argues that the Great Fire, which destroyed much of the city, changed the course of Roman History. The fire led to the collapse of Nero's regime, and his disorderly exit brought an end to Rome's first imperial dynasty, transforming from thereto, the way that emperors were selected. It also led to the first systematic persecution of the Christians, who were blamed for the blaze. Barrett provides the first comprehensive study of this dramatic event, which remains a fascination of the public imagination, and continues to be a persistent theme in the art and literature of popular culture today"--

Trouble at the Brownstone

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504066618
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Trouble at the Brownstone by : Robert Goldsborough

Download or read book Trouble at the Brownstone written by Robert Goldsborough and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archie Goodwin goes undercover on the waterfront in a new mystery by the author who “does a masterly job with the Wolfe legacy” (Booklist). Archie Goodwin is not overly fond of Theodore Horstmann, who takes care of the orchids on the rooftop of Nero Wolfe’s West Thirty-Fifth Street brownstone. But as loyal assistant to the legendary private detective, Archie will put his animosity aside when the surly orchid-keeper stumbles through the front door beaten within an inch of his life. While the gardener lies in a coma, Nero sends Archie to poke around his apartment near the river. The place is neatly kept, if not quite as elegant as the brownstone, but across the street on Tenth Avenue Archie quickly discovers the longshoremen’s watering hole in whose back room Horstmann has been playing a lot of bridge lately. The smoky tavern is packed with tough dockworkers and recent European immigrants, and Archie does his best to blend in, filling the victim’s empty seat in his running card game, as he attempts to learn what sort of shady business might have led to attempted murder. But when one of his new bridge partners is killed, Archie finds himself caught up in something much bigger than a bar fight . . . Trouble at the Brownstone serves up postwar New York City atmosphere in a fast-paced mystery featuring Nero Wolfe, “one of the two or three most beloved detectives in fiction” (Publishers Weekly). “Mr. Goldsborough has all of the late writer’s stylistic mannerisms down pat.” —The New York Times

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107052203
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero by : Shadi Bartsch

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero written by Shadi Bartsch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively and accessible guide to the rich literary, philosophical and artistic achievements of the notorious age of Nero.

A Companion to the Neronian Age

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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118316533
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (183 download)

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Book Synopsis A Companion to the Neronian Age by : Emma Buckley

Download or read book A Companion to the Neronian Age written by Emma Buckley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-03 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative overview and helpful resource for students and scholars of Roman history and Latin literature during the reign of Nero. The first book of its kind to treat this era, which has gained in popularity in recent years Makes much important research available in English for the first time Features a balance of new research with established critical lines Offers an unusual breadth and range of material, including substantial treatments of politics, administration, the imperial court, art, archaeology, literature and reception studies Includes a mix of established scholars and groundbreaking new voices Includes detailed maps and illustrations

Nero

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108472648
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Nero by : J. F. Drinkwater

Download or read book Nero written by J. F. Drinkwater and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nero was negligent, not tyrannical. This allowed others to rule, remarkably well, in his name until his negligence became insupportable.

Love of the Egoist

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ISBN 13 : 9781983246166
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (461 download)

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Book Synopsis Love of the Egoist by : Nero Seal

Download or read book Love of the Egoist written by Nero Seal and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-23 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I wanted to play with you... punish you. But now, I want to ruin your world and turn it pitch black. Isolate you so you don't have anything left except me. And remember, it's your own fault."* * * Isolation. Loneliness. Endless silence stretching into eternity.This is the personal living hell of police detective, Kuon Leiris.His punishment for ruining the Black Duke's deal.But when nights come, it gets worse... Cruelty. Care. Brutality. Affection. Constant mind games where he can do nothing, but give in.Yugo pours his every corrupt desire into his prey, testing the limits of their twisted relationship. Do you dare enter a dark world where safe-words don't exist?

Taken by Nero Wolf

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ISBN 13 : 9781075249273
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (492 download)

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Book Synopsis Taken by Nero Wolf by : Ana Calin

Download or read book Taken by Nero Wolf written by Ana Calin and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PrincessImagine this. A guy slips a sex drug into my drink, and my new boss saves me. Now my boss is the only one around to scratch my itch, but that's a big no no. You see, my boss is an alpha werewolf that women swoon over, a handsome beast that I'll mean nothing to. Yet the drug has gotten to my head. I'm dying to feel his big werewolf dick inside of me, and I'll beg if I have to. But when I wake up the next day....I wish the ground would split open and swallow me. How could I let Nero Wolf bang me on the hood of his Porsche like that? And what the heck am I hoping for now? He can never be mine, and not only because he roams the woods as a big black beast with golden eyes at night. But because he zipped up, and won't look back.Only he does. He says there's an evil plot behind the drug in my drink, the hand of a villain, and he wants to know--who and why? He's cool and reserved as we work together, but he goes ballistic when a new guy makes a move. I can't help wondering.... If our night together was nothing to him, why is he glaring at men around me like he could rip them apart?NeroThe choice was simple - bang Princess Skye, or watch her die. I had many women before her, and she shouldn't have been special. But the moment I dipped myself inside of her, the world tilted. Now it's enough to catch a whiff of her, and I grow hard. I lurk outside her door at night, breathing in her scent and jerking off. Damn, how I want to make her mine for good, but as alpha of my pack and protector of this town I have powerful enemies. They'd hunt her down and kill her. I have to turn my back on her, but....Someone had a deadly sex drug put in her drink, and I have to protect her until we find out who and why. But the more I'm around her, the more I crave her. I might save her from the villain who manipulated her drink, but in the meanwhile I'll become an infection in her life. Soon I realize - she'll have to kill me to ever be free of me again.

Elizabeth I

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Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780670022533
Total Pages : 671 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Elizabeth I by : Margaret George

Download or read book Elizabeth I written by Margaret George and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 2011 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of today's premier historical novelists, "New York Times" bestseller George dazzles here as she tackles her most difficult subject yet: the legendary Elizabeth Tudor, queen of enigma. But what was she really like? In this novel, her flame-haired, lookalike cousin, Lettice Knollys, thinks she knows all too well.