Hortensius, Friend of Nero

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Hortensius, Friend of Nero
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1937 US edition
Author Edith Pargeter
Country UK
Language English
Genre Historical fiction
Published 1936
Publisher Lovat Dickson (UK) 1936
Greystone Press (US) 1937
Pages 232

Hortensius, Friend of Nero is a 1936 novel by Edith Pargeter. In it, Hortensius attempts to save the Christian wife of a friend in the arena, an act for which he is forced to flee by Nero, along with a Persian slave whom he falls for.[1][2] It was Pargeter's first historical novel.[3]

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