Peter Stothard was Editor of The Times from 1992 to 2002, the period of its greatest commercial success for a century, and before retiring recently was the Editor of the Times Literary Supplement. He was knighted for his services to newspapers in 2003. He has written extensively on politics and literature.
[An] artful blend of fact and fiction... poetically written,
supremely stylish
*Guardian*
Margaret Thatcher and Emperor Nero, two courts across two thousand
years. A brilliant, haunting work from a modern master of
memoir
*Mary Beard*
[An] education in the random brutalities and routine betrayals of
political life
*Times Literary Supplement*
Intriguing and beguiling… proves Stothard one of the most
avant-garde practitioners of the form
*Scotsman on Sunday*
This thoughtful and unexpectedly moving memoir... brilliantly
captures the excitement of the Thatcher years
*Wall Street Journal*
Stothard puts his literary knowledge, journalistic skills and
classical erudition to powerful use
*Giles Foden*
Haunting, erudite and beautifully written... it is proudly and
defiantly, the very opposite of journalism: a fusion of memoir,
history and travelogue
*Spectator*
An intriguing book that is impossible to categorize: ancient
history, travelogue, memoir and biography all at once...
compelling
*The Times*
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