Marguerite Yourcenar
Memoirs of Hadrian
The prose of Memoirs of Hadrian is absolutely stunning. When I picked up the book I had to put it down for a moment, just to be sure, is this real? Marguerite Yourcenar has captured the feel of the emperor Hadrian’s reign over his European and African empire so well that I am willing to believe her way was the way it was.
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