Blood and Splendor
Subtitle: The Lives of Five Tyrants, From Nero to Saddam Hussein
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: January 9, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780380804894
First sentence: THE YEAR A.D. 59. ROME. Since the day before, when heralds proclaimed a triumph, one question has been on everyone's lips: Where have the troops won a victory?