Memoirs of Hadrian / Marguerite Yourcenar ; introduction by Paul Bailey.

London : Penguin, 2000.

288p. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 1955.
Originally published: U.S. Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1954; London : Secker & Warburg, 1955.
Translation of: Mémoires d'Hadrien.

Hadrian, approaching death, writes a valedictory letter to the young Marcus Aurelius, next-but-one in the line of succession. Hadrian describes his accession and explains the philosophy that informed his rule over the powerful and far-flung Empire.

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843.912

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