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Laddar... Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World (utgåvan 2020)av Emma Southon (Författare)
VerksinformationAgrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore av Emma Southon Books Read in 2022 (2,974) Laddar...
Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. It is true that "well behaved women rarely make history" and Emma Southon's Agrippina introduces us to a woman who embodied that very motto. Simultaneously described as an Empress, exile, hustler, and whore, Agrippina, undoubtedly, made her mark in the Roman Empire. What makes Southon’s book so compelling is that, for the first time, she is portrayed as a protagonist of her own story and not a fringe character in the lives of the males around her. The reader is left with the feeling that an icon has finally received her due. ( ) I feel like I make up for my lack of interest in true crime and soap operas by eating up the ridiculousness of Roman history. And here, Emma Southon does a lot of good stuff. I really enjoyed her feminist interpretations of the history and the historians, and I really, really liked that she is constantly self-aware and acknowledges that history is never, ever objective. It reminded me a lot of Stacy Schiff's [b: Cleopatra: A Life|7968243|Cleopatra A Life|Stacy Schiff|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1294098301l/7968243._SY75_.jpg|12020129], but funnier. The prose is littered with pop culture references and more snark than you'd think possible, though while I find it amusing to compare the Julio-Claudians to the Bluths, I do wonder how long those allusions will hold up in the grand scheme of things. There also comes a point where keeping track of anyone who is not a primary (or maybe prominent secondary) character becomes futile, but the drama is so off-the-wall, it kinda doesn't even matter. Maybe it's even more difficult to follow if you weren't a teenager obsessed with the days off in Latin class where you got to watch episodes of I, Claudius. A little extra bonus for Latin nerds--I listened to the audio and didn't have the text in front of me, but it sure seemed like the reader Teri Schnaubelt actually pronounced Latin words and names traditionally, and not that silly church Latin. It's narratives like these that continue to make me wonder how humans have managed to survive this long. Definitely reading more of Southon's work. This is an excellent biography of one of the most important female figures during the early Roman Imperial period- Agrippina was the sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, and mother of Nero. Despite the paucity of written sources, the author does an excellent job of source analysis when evaluating incomplete or contradictory information. The author also has a conversational writing style which is unusual and refreshing. My only criticism is that often the author inserts her personal feminist ideologies, unfortunately sometimes resulting in speculation that has no basis in fact. Nonetheless, a very interesting and recommended read! inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
The story of Agrippina, at the center of imperial power for three generations, is the story of the Julio-Claudia dynasty-and of Rome itself, at its bloody, extravagant, chaotic, ruthless, and political zenith. In her own time, she was recognized as a woman of unparalleled power. Beautiful and intelligent, she was portrayed as alternately a ruthless murderer and helpless victim, the most loving mother and the most powerful woman of the Roman empire, using sex, motherhood, manipulation, and violence to get her way and single-minded in her pursuit of power for herself and her son, Nero. This book follows Agrippina as a daughter, born in Cologne, to the expected heir to Augustus's throne; as a sister to Caligula, who raped his sisters and showered them with honors until they attempted rebellion against him and were exiled; as a seductive niece and then wife to Claudius, who gave her access to near unlimited power; and then as a mother to Nero-who adored her until he had her assassinated. Through senatorial political intrigue, assassination attempts, and exile to a small island and to the heights of imperial power, thrones, and golden cloaks and games and adoration, Agrippina scaled the absolute limits of female power in Rome. Her biography is also the story of the first Roman imperial family-the Julio-Claudians-and of the glory and corruption of the empire itself. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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