Nero

By Richard Holland,

Book cover of Nero: The Man Behind the Myth

Book description

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 Nero’s most notorious action, the murder of his mother. He writes “It is in the realm of abnormal psychology that an explanation may lie.” 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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