cover image Nero: The End of a Dynasty

Nero: The End of a Dynasty

Miriam D. Griffin. Yale University Press, $17 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-300-04034-0

A vain, suspicious, vindictive man, the Roman Emperor Nero admitted by the end of his reign that he had failed completely. PW concluded: ""Griffin's excellent biographical history is both perceptive and evenhanded.'' (September)