This ambitious novel covers the period from the death of Tiberius to the suicide of Nero, one of the most flamboyant, colourful, outrageous and deadly episodes in the history of the world. It is hardly surprising that novellists have returned time and again to explore these characters and their actions and that they have attracted the attention of some of our finest writers. Burgess goes one step further and blends in the story of the founding of the Christian religion especially how Saul of Tarsus, better known these days as St.Paul, managed to inject a nasty streak of bigotry into what was a message of love. Well researched, well planned and well written as one has come to expect from Burgess.
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