{"product_id":"1574648","title":"The Roman by Mika Waltari","description":"This leviathan is the legacy-memoir of Minutus or \"\"the insignificant one,\"\" first met here at fifteen when he leaves for Rome to receive his man-toga. By the time that he has gone to his death facing the lions in the arena, he will have survived the eras of Emperor Claudius and Nero, long his friend; he will have traveled from his native Antioch to Britain to Corinth and finally to Jerusalem; he will have tamed and taken a hare-priestess in Britain, cohabited for years with Claudia, the emperor's daughter out of wedlock, a Christian convert; married and divorced the savage Sabina; loved perhaps only Antonia, Nero's half sister. Actually Waltari's Roman is a fairly undemonstrative character in what was certainly one of the most unruly eras of all time; his emotional and sexual needs seem very minimal. This 1968 Pan Books Paperback is in \u003cb\u003e fair condition\u003c\/b\u003e. Cover rubbed, some foxing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780330021005 SKU: 1574648 \u003ci\u003eNote: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48725432008981,"sku":"1574648","price":8.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/2695\/4036\/files\/1574648_175472dd-9a42-404e-ad7d-41ee42ba350b.jpg?v=1736055409","url":"https:\/\/bookhaven.live\/products\/1574648","provider":"Book Haven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}