The Roman - first US edition

by Mika Waltari

The Memoirs of Minutus Lausus Manilianus, who has won the Insignia of a Triump, who has the rank of Consul, who is Chairman of the Priests' Collegium of the god Vespasian and a member of the Roman Senate.

Originally written in Finish in 1964' translated by Joan Tate, this novel takes place during the reigns of Claudius and Nero. It is very cleverly constructed; the details of Roman life are breathtaking.

Book nice and tight, blue cloth with faded gold lettering; jacket is slightly chipped at top of spine and rubbed on spine crease to front.