Book description
Marcus Aurelius is the one great figure of antiquity who still speaks
to us today, nearly 2,000 years after his death. A philosopher as well
as an emperor, his was an extraordinary reign. He proved himself a great
leader, protecting the Empire from Germans in the North and fighting the
Parthians in the East, and his Meditations - compared by John Stuart
Mill to the Sermon on the Mount - remains one of the most widely-read
Classical books. Impeccably researched and vividly told, Frank McLynn's
Marcus Aurelius is the definitive biography of a monumental historical
figure. Frank McLynn is the author of many critically acclaimed books,
including
Napoleon
, 1066
, Villa and Zapata
, Wagons West, Stanley,
1759
and Lionheart and Lackland.
