Clodia ("the Beautiful") Metelli's lineage is comparable to a current British Royal: "By the reckoning of the imperial biographer Suetonius, the patrician Claudii amassed during the lifetime of the Republic a total of twenty-eight consulships, five dictatorships, seven censorships, six triumphs, and two ovations" (Skinner). Wiseman summarizes: " M]ulier nobilis noble-woman] is putting it mildly: This daughter of the patrician Claudii was not merely a member of an ornamental social elite, but at the heart of the ruling class of the Roman Republic." Clodia is also the object of a...
Clodia ("the Beautiful") Metelli's lineage is comparable to a current British Royal: "By the reckoning of the imperial biographer Suetonius, the patri...
This book is the life story of Marlena Berlin. Only the names have been changed (including her own). Otherwise, every word is true.]
Before Marlena is born, her eventual father, Werner, fights for six years in Hitler's Waffen-SS.
Following the war, he becomes a successful businessman in the primarily German-speaking region of northern Italy where he grew up. He eventually marries Nina - Marlena's future mother - a beautiful vivacious woman 16 years his junior.
After numerous breakups and reconciliations, Nina abandons Werner and settles in America, leaving Marlena behind...
This book is the life story of Marlena Berlin. Only the names have been changed (including her own). Otherwise, every word is true.]
