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title: "Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World"
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# Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World

**Brand:** honor cargill-martin
**Price:** € 35.07
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- **What is this?** Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World by honor cargill-martin
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Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Exquisitely Researched and Engaging
  

*by A***Z on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 7, 2023*

This is one of those history books for the history books! She writes with such a deep knowledge of Roman history and of Messalina without ever once becoming pedantic or boring. It’s nothing short of a feat and I recommend it to anyone interested in history, female historical figures, Roman history, or just someone who loves to learn about an iconic and powerful woman. Cannot wait to read her next work!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Witty, fast-paced, hugely informative
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 11, 2023*

Loved this biography. Huge amount of context and colour - place, culture and court all vividly drawn and Messalina herself leaps out of the pages.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    a brilliant work of history
  

*by M***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 3, 2023*

This is a remarkable work of history - simultaneously informative and entertaining. The book looks at the life of Messalina, notorious wife of the emperor Claudius. Messalina has been accused of almost everything and was one of the few women in Ancient Rome to be subject to damnatio memoriae - the attempt to erase someone from history. As the author makes clear many of the most lurid claims about her life are almost certainly fictitious, but that still leaves a lot of adultery and conspiracy to murder to be going along with.There is a lot here about the emperors and their wives before Claudius and Messalina, including Augustus, Tiberius and Caligula - an interesting bunch in themselves for differing reasons.All of this is related in a fluent, readable, sometimes dryly amusing, sometimes horrifying narrative. This is the author's first book. I am astonished by the virtuosity of the writing - truly remarkable for someone at the start of their career as a historian. I will watch out for more of Ms Cargill- Martin's work with eager anticipation. Most certainly one of the best works of history that I have read in the past few years. I flew through it over a weekend despite its 350 pages of narrative, transported to imperial Rome in my mind

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