This is a fantastic book. First, the quality of the product is outstanding. This is a luxury, red leather bound tome, one of the well-deserved Franklin Library Limited Edition of “The Great Books of the Western World”series. The end boards have gorgeously embossed gold geometric figure patterns; the book has tight leather binding with raised spine; silk page marker; gilded pages on all sides; silk moiré fabric for end papers. This is a book worthy of an elegant library.
As for the content of the book, this edition has both the Annals and the Histories of Tacitus, and it is not to be confused with other faux leather editions that are composed of only the Annals or the Histories of Tacitus. The annals of Tacitus is a history of the Roman Empire from the reing of Tiberius to that of Nero, covering the years AD 14 to 68. The Histories cover the year of the Four Emperors (AD 68-69) after the civil war and collapse of the Nero regime, then follows with the Flavian Dynasty under the reigns of Vespasian and Titus, to the horrible tyranny and death of the megalomaniacal Domitian. This is an objective chronicle by a master, prose writing historian, although his preference for the old days of the Roman Republic are obvious. This edition, although more expensive than the faux leather one, is highly recommended.
Miguel A. Faria, M.D., is Associate Editor in Chief in socioeconomics, politics, medicine, and world affairs of Surgical Neurology International (SNI). His upcoming book is America, Guns, and Freedom — A Journey Into Politics and the Public Health & Gun Control Movements (2019)
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