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The Senecans

by Peter Stothard
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"This unconventional account of the Margaret Thatcher years by a former editor of the Times . . . mixes reminiscence, gossip, and classical philosophy." —The New Yorker
A year after the death of Margaret Thatcher, a young historian arrives to ask Peter Stothard, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement and former editor of the Times, some sharp questions about his memories of the Thatcher era. During the interview the offices from where he long observed British politics are being systematically flattened by wrecking balls. From the dust and destruction of a collapsing newspaper plant emerge portraits of the Senecans, four of the men who made the Thatcher court so different from that of her successors. As well as love of Britain's first female Prime Minister they shared strange Latin lessons in a crumbling riverside bar. They took their name from their taste for the work of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a pioneer writer from Cordoba in Roman Spain, a philosopher, courtier and acquirer of massive wealth from the age of the Emperor Nero. Blending memoir with ancient and modern politics in the manner of his acclaimed diaries, Spartacus Road and Alexandria, Peter Stothard sheds a sideways light on Margaret Thatcher's "believing age." In finally identifying his interviewer he also answers questions about his own literary and political journey.
"[An] artful blend of truth and fiction . . . Stothard's poetically written, supremely stylish memoir only partly conceals its underlying mission, to insist that antiquity still has urgent things to tell us." —Emily Gowers, The Guardian
"This thoughtful and unexpectedly moving memoir . . . brilliantly captures the excitement of the Thatcher years." —Richard Aldous, The Wall Street Journal
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Publisher: ABRAMS, Inc.

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  • Release date: September 1, 2022

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  • ISBN: 9781468313437
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  • ISBN: 9781468313437
  • File size: 4148 KB
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"This unconventional account of the Margaret Thatcher years by a former editor of the Times . . . mixes reminiscence, gossip, and classical philosophy." —The New Yorker
A year after the death of Margaret Thatcher, a young historian arrives to ask Peter Stothard, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement and former editor of the Times, some sharp questions about his memories of the Thatcher era. During the interview the offices from where he long observed British politics are being systematically flattened by wrecking balls. From the dust and destruction of a collapsing newspaper plant emerge portraits of the Senecans, four of the men who made the Thatcher court so different from that of her successors. As well as love of Britain's first female Prime Minister they shared strange Latin lessons in a crumbling riverside bar. They took their name from their taste for the work of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a pioneer writer from Cordoba in Roman Spain, a philosopher, courtier and acquirer of massive wealth from the age of the Emperor Nero. Blending memoir with ancient and modern politics in the manner of his acclaimed diaries, Spartacus Road and Alexandria, Peter Stothard sheds a sideways light on Margaret Thatcher's "believing age." In finally identifying his interviewer he also answers questions about his own literary and political journey.
"[An] artful blend of truth and fiction . . . Stothard's poetically written, supremely stylish memoir only partly conceals its underlying mission, to insist that antiquity still has urgent things to tell us." —Emily Gowers, The Guardian
"This thoughtful and unexpectedly moving memoir . . . brilliantly captures the excitement of the Thatcher years." —Richard Aldous, The Wall Street Journal
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Philosophy Nonfiction
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    Publisher:
    ABRAMS, Inc.

    Kindle Book
    Release date: September 1, 2022

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781468313437
    File size: 3972 KB
    Release date: September 1, 2022

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781468313437
    File size: 4148 KB
    Release date: September 1, 2022

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English