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The Younger Pliny The Letters of the Younger Pliny (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Letters of the Younger PlinyCondition: NewEAN: 9780140441277ISBN: 9780140441277Publisher: Penguin ClassicsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/04/2003Language: EnglishItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 18mmItem Weight: 236gISBN-10: 0140441271Description: Providing a series of fascinating views of Imperial Rome, The Letters of the Younger Pliny also offer one of the fullest self-portraits to survive from classical times. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Betty Radice.A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny was also a prolific letter-writer, who numbered among his correspondents such eminent figures as Tacitus, Suetonius and the Emperor Trajan, as well as a wide circle of friends and family. His lively and very personal letters address an astonishing range of topics, from a deeply moving account of his uncle's death in the eruption that engulfed Pompeii, to observations on the early Christians - 'a desperate sort of cult carried to extravagant lengths' - from descriptions of everyday life in Rome, with its scandals and court cases, to Pliny's life in the country.Betty Radice's definitive edition was the forst complete modern translation of Pliny's letters. In her introduction she examines the shrewd, tolerant and occasionally pompous man who emerges from these letters. Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (c. 61-113), better known as Pliny the Younger, and nephew of Pliny the Elder, was born in Como, Italy. Beginning his career at the bar when he was eighteen, Pliny managed to emerge unscathed from Domitian's 'reign of terror', even being appointed an official at the treasury. In 103 he was awarded a priesthood in recognition of his distinguished public service, and was prominent in several major prosecutions. His nine books of personal letters were selected by Pliny himself and published during his lifetime, while his official correspondence with Trajan was published as a tenth book after his death and contains a celebrated exchange of letters on the early Christians.If you enjoyed The Letters of the Younger Pliny, you might like Tacitus' The Annals of Imperial Rome, also available in Penguin Classics.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBAuthor: The Younger PlinyTranslator: Betty RadiceContributor: Betty Radice (Introduction by), Betty Radice (Translated by)Genre: HistoryTopic: Ancient History, Biography, Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: The Letters of the Younger Pliny

Title: The Letters of the Younger Pliny

EAN: 9780140441277

ISBN: 9780140441277

Release Date: 12/04/2003

Release Year: 2003

ISBN-10: 0140441271

Country/Region of Manufacture: GB

Translator: Betty Radice

Contributor: Betty Radice (Translated by)

Book Title: Letters of the Younger Pliny

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Publication Year: 1963

Topic: Women, Ancient / Rome, Letters

Item Height: 0.8 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History

Item Weight: 8.4 Oz

Item Length: 7.8 in

Author: Pliny the Pliny the Younger

Item Width: 5.1 in

Format: Uk-B Format Paperback

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