{"product_id":"nero-and-sporus-hardcover","title":"Nero and Sporus - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. P. Somtow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einally available in one volume! The decadence of Imperial Rome comes to life in S.P. Somtow's Literary Titan Award-winning novel about one of ancient history's wildest characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe historian Suetonius tells us that the Emperor Nero emasculated and married his slave Sporus, the spitting image of murdered Empress Poppaea. But history has more tidbits about Sporus, who went from \"puer delicatus\" to Empress to one Emperor and concubine to another, and ended up being sentenced to play the Earth-Goddess in the arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom Literary Titan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you like your historical fiction brutal and beautiful, if you're into mythology reimagined through a queer lens, if you can handle morally messy characters and poetic trauma-this is for you. Fans of Mary Renault, Madeline Miller, or even Game of Thrones ... will find something to love here.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 752\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52608791183667,"sku":"9781940999944","price":71.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Q9kjf762z89781940999944.webp?v=1761814435","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/nero-and-sporus-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}