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Emperor Nero, the splendour before the dark, Margaret George

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Emperor Nero

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Margaret George

Nero, 2

the splendour before the dark

With the beautiful and cunning Poppaea at his side, Nero Augustus commands the Roman Empire, ushering in an unprecedented era of artistic and cultural splendour. Although he has yet to produce an heir, his power is absolute. 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. Rumours 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

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Splendour before the dark