by Hubert Monteilhet · tapa dura · ISBN 9782724224733
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«Néropolis» is the historical novel by Hubert Monteilhet, published in 1985 by France Loisirs in hardcover (739 pages, in French).
The work’s subtitle, «Roman des temps néroniens», describes it as a work of fiction set in imperial Rome during Nero’s reign. Monteilhet’s writing thus belongs to the 20th-century French historical novel.
The edition was published on November 16, 1985; it measures 14.5 × 22 cm and includes a dust jacket.
Hubert Monteilhet was a French writer of crime and historical fiction. His best-known novels are The Praying Mantises and Return from the Ashes which have been adapted into TV and motion pictures. His works are characterized by their literary sophistication and mordant wit while exploring moral and philosophical issues. He was called "one of the more eclectic and diversified dabblers in crime" and "the most literary of all the French crime novelists."
