Book Review: Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George

George’s Confessions of Young Nero humanises an oft demonised ghost from distant ages past, he who ‘fiddled’ whilst Rome burned. We follow Nero’s musings about his childhood, and see how known and suspected events likely shaped the real Nero’s life. This is the first of a pair of books, unusual for George, who specialises in […]

Book Review: Red Rising and Philosophy edited by Courtland Lewis

  This book was reviewed for the San Francisco and Seattle Book Review Red Rising and Philosophy is but one among several new additions to the wonderful pop culture and philosophy series. This one focuses on Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Trilogy. There are four sections, looking at various aspects of the stories, from the value […]