Messalin. Giovanioli R.

Rafaello Giovanioli (1838 - 1915) is an Italian philologist, historian and writer whose pen belongs a book of poems, theatrical plays, and literary essays, and serious historical studies. However, he gained worldwide fame thanks to his historical novels from the life of Ancient Rome.

the novel “Messalin” (1885) tells of the gloomy years of the reign of the ancient Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus, nicknamed Caligula. His tyranny, cruelty, merciless arbitrariness and crazy antics led to a conspiracy against him. The conspirators also included Messalin, the wife of Claudia, Uncle Caligula, a cunning and decisive woman...

The book is intended for lovers of historical adventurous novels and all interested in the history of ancient Rome.