by Monteilhet Hubert · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266017770
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«Neropolis 1 Roman des temps neroniens» is the historical novel by Hubert Monteilhet, published by Presses Pocket in paperback, in French.
The action takes place in Nero's Rome and combines historical narrative with fiction: court conspiracies, power struggles, and an atmosphere of suspicion. The novel portrays the inner workings of the Roman Empire through characters caught up in political intrigues.
First volume of the Neropolis series, published in France in 1986, with the subtitle «Roman des temps neroniens».
For readers of historical fiction interested in the Roman Empire, political conspiracies, and characters trapped in power struggles.
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."
