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Damnatio: From Empress to the Arena in Nero's Rome

It is A.D. 69 and the Emperor Nero has been declared "Damnatio Memoriae" — his memory is to be erased from the world. But what will happen to Sporus, once a slave boy, then the emasculated Empress of the mad Caesar? The third instalment of the saga provides a brief respite to the drama as Nero takes Sporus on a Greek tour ... where the dream becomes a nightmare.The third volume of the award-nominated trilogy by S.P. Somtow, this work completes a tale of magnificence, corruption and decadence seen from a unique worm's eye view of a character who is usually relegated to a footnote in history.The author sustained a serious arm injury this year and has only been able to write slowly. However, he does not wish to disappoint the many readers who have been waiting for the third volume. So he has decided to split the volume and make part one available on the advertised publication date at a lower cost. The second part will follow in about two months.Read more

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