Monarchs Retired from Business
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781417969173
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; Literary; Fiction; Fiction - General
First sentence: THE Roman Empire had lasted about three centuries, and something like half a hundred Caesars had succeeded each other in the uneasy enjoyment of the Imperial dignity, with its attendant perils, before mankind wonderingly beheld the spectacle of a despotic monarch voluntarily surrendering, as it was alleged, his title and privileges, and descending to the condition of a private individual.