Nero

By Richard Holland,

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Richard Holland's biography looks at Nero from a different perspective and encourages readers to see the man rather than the monster.

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Written by a veteran London Times journalist this exciting book reads like a fast paced thriller. What I found most interesting is his detailed description of Neroā€™s most notorious action, the murder of his mother. He writes ā€œIt is in the realm of abnormal psychology that an explanation may lie.ā€ He is clearly unaware that what best explains the spooky full moon melodrama played out on a cosmic stage was the blind faith both Nero and his mother had in astrology (see Nero's astrology chart here). 

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