Messalina
Narrated by Antonia Beamish
- Released
- May 11, 2023
- Length
- 12 hrs 55 mins
- Format
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
This audiobook offers a reexamination of Messalina, the third wife of Emperor Claudius, challenging the salacious and one-dimensional stories historically associated with her. Authored by classicist Honor Cargill-Martin, it explores her life within the context of Roman politics and society, portraying her as a complex and ambitious woman navigating a male-dominated world. The narrative aims to reveal her humanity and the true nature of her influence during the grandeur of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
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