Author Description

<p><br/> <strong>'Never less than compelling … She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life' Tom Holland, Literary Review</strong><br/> </p><br/> <p><br/> <strong>'Starts with an erupting volcano – and then gets more exciting … Wonderfully rich, witty, insightful and wide-ranging' Sarah Bakewell</strong><br/> </p><br/> <p>In a dazzling, lively new literary biography, Daisy Dunn weaves together the lives of two Roman greats: Pliny the Elder, author of Natural History, and his nephew Pliny the Younger, who inherited his uncle's notebooks and intellectual legacy.</p><br/> <p>Breathing vivid life back into the Plinys, Daisy Dunn charts the extraordinary lives of two outstanding minds and their lasting legacy on the world.</p><br/> <p><br/> <strong>'A fascinating, compelling and excellent biography' </strong><br/> <br/><br/> <strong>Simon Sebag Montefiore</strong><br/> </p><br/> <p><br/> <strong>'Immensely entertaining and readable … Thoroughly recommended'</strong><br/> <br/><br/> <br/> <strong>Sunday Times</strong><br/> <br/> </p>