Book: Imperial Purple 1892. For his most famous book, Imperial Purple, Saltus, novelist, poet and essayist, drew heavily from the histories of Suetonius and Tacitus to create a portrait of the bloody pageantry of Rome, from the majestic Julius Caesar to the freakish Heliogabalus. Contents: That Woman; Conjectural Rome; Fabulous Fields; The Pursuit of the Impossible; Nero; The House of Flavia; The Poison in the Purple; Faustine; and The Agony. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
Details of Book: Imperial Purple Book: Imperial Purple
Author: Marie Saltus, Edgar Saltus
ISBN: 1417924152
ISBN-13: 9781417924158
, 978-1417924158
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: May 2004
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Number of Pages: 172
Language: English