description: Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor, his gradual reordering of a war-torn world, writing with the imaginative insight of a great writer of the twentieth century while crafting a prose style as elegant and precise as those of the Latin stylists of Hadrian's own era.
language: French
title: Mémoires d'Hadrien; Carnet de Notes de Mémoires.
titlecomplete: Mémoires d'Hadrien; Carnet de Notes de Mémoires.
characters: Vibia Sabina, Trajan (emperor), Hadrian, Antinoüs
genres: Fiction, Historical, France, Philosophy, French Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 27948
places: Athens, Rome, Alexandria
awards: awardedAt: -568051200000
name: Prix Femina Vacaresco
publisher: French & European Publications