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Livia, Empress of Rome: A Biography
Matthew Dennison, St. Martin's, $27.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-312-65864-9
In the wake of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, this is an attempt to similarly rescue the wife of her antagonist, Augustus, from the demonization of ancient historians.
Biographer matthew dennison
Livia Drusilla of the Claudii (58 B.C.E.–29 C.E.) was vilified by Tacitus and later by
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Queen Victoria: A Life of Contradictions
Matthew Dennison. St. Martin’s, $25.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-250-04889-9
In this brief yet thorough work, bestselling biographer Dennison (The Last Princess) examines the life of Britain’s longest reigning and arguably best-known royal.
The contradictions in Victoria’s life are plentiful, particularly how her own...
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Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West
Matthew Dennison. St. Martin’s, $29.99 (416p) ISBN 978-1-250-03394-9
Biographer Dennison (The Last Princess) offers a dense and t