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"New York Times bestselling author Margaret George has brought history to vivid life with her chronicles of queens and kings. Now, she turns her gaze to an Emperor ... 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"--… (més)
Margaret George, autora superventas del New York Times, ha conseguido, gracias a sus novelas, que los personajes más importantes de la Historia cobren una vida esplendorosa. Ahora dirige su mirada hacia uno de los emperadores más carismáticos de la Antigua Roma. Erigida sobre las espaldas de quienes se doblegaron antes ellos, la dinastía imperial de Julio César es tan poderosa como lo sea el último de sus líderes. En el Imperio romano nadie está a salvo de las más violentas traiciones. Ni los hombres, ni las mujeres… ni los niños. La herencia real de Nerón se convierte muy pronto en una amenaza para su vida, primero cuando Calígula, el emperador loco, trata de ahogarlo, después cuando su tía abuela intenta asegurar la herencia de su propio hijo. Enfrentado a espeluznantes actos de traición, el joven Nerón aprende una dura lección: es mejor ser cruel que estar muerto.
"New York Times bestselling author Margaret George has brought history to vivid life with her chronicles of queens and kings. Now, she turns her gaze to an Emperor ... 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"--
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Erigida sobre las espaldas de quienes se doblegaron antes ellos, la dinastía imperial de Julio César es tan poderosa como lo sea el último de sus líderes. En el Imperio romano nadie está a salvo de las más violentas traiciones. Ni los hombres, ni las mujeres… ni los niños.
La herencia real de Nerón se convierte muy pronto en una amenaza para su vida, primero cuando Calígula, el emperador loco, trata de ahogarlo, después cuando su tía abuela intenta asegurar la herencia de su propio hijo. Enfrentado a espeluznantes actos de traición, el joven Nerón aprende una dura lección: es mejor ser cruel que estar muerto.