Guglielmo Ferrero
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Guglielmo Ferrero (Italian pronunciation: [ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo ferˈrɛːro]; 21 July 1871 — 3 August 1942) was an Italian historian, journalist and novelist, author of the Greatness and Decline of Rome (5 volumes, published after English translation 1907–1909). Ferrero devoted his writings to classical liberalism and he opposed any kind of dictatorship and unlimited government. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature eighteen times in five years and twice for the Nobel Peace Prize. [source](
Books
Characters and events of Roman history, from Cæsar to Nero
Stories of the key players of the Ancient World flesh out history, making the past accessible to anyone interested. Ferrero breathes life into Cleopatra, Nero, and Tiberius while entertaining thoughts on corruption, wine, and social development. The unique aspect of Characters and Events of Roman History is that it not only successfully draws the reader into the past but also explains how the Ancient World is relevant to the early twentieth century in which Ferrero compiled these lectures.
Potere
"The third volume of a trilogy. The first two volumes--The gamble and The reconstruction of Europe--were originally published in Paris. The principles of power is appearing in New York because it could not be published in Europe on account of the greatly increased censorship."--Pref.
The gamble
Tough and tender, sweet and sassy, here is a story of honesty and humour for anyone who has ever lived and loved. Scott Gandy has always been a gambling man, relying on his lazy Southern charm to smooth a way out of difficult situations. Hoping to make his fortune, he opens a saloon in Proffitt, Kansas. But he soon becomes a target of the prohibition movement, led by the owner of the hat shop next door to his establishment -- the enchanting yet volatile Agatha Downing. The saloon keeper and the prim and proper milliner are hopeless adversaries... until the innocence of a child opens their eyes and hearts to each other.
The Greatness and Decline of Rome
History of the height and decline of the Roman empire.
Women of the Caesars
The popular belief that military peoples subordinated women to a tyrannical regime of domestic servitude is wholly disproved by Roman history. By the time Rome became the master state of the Mediterranean, and especially during the last century of the Republic, women had already acquired legal and economic independence.The Women of the Caesars is the chronicle of several of these women who shared power and politics with the men of Rome. There was Agrippina, wife of Germanicus, nephew of Tiberius, whom she wrongly blamed for her husband’s death. She died in exile. There was also Agrippina the younger, the mother of Nero; Livia and Julia; and Messalina, wife of Claudius who was as famous for her lasciviousness and amorality as for the murders she instigated. Written with a novelist’s narrative ability and a historian’s regard for facts and detail, The Women of the Caesars sets before our eyes the tragedies and triumphs of the women of Rome. It is an important contribution to historical literature.