Hay Festival founder Peter Florence spends his time surrounded by ideas. Here are his top five books to inspire new ways of ...

Suetonius’s biographies of the rulers of Rome, from Julius Caesar to the emperor Domitian, are rich in character and telling detail – as emerges with clarity from Tom Holland’s excellent new ...

The biography that most interested Einhard, however, was the second – the longest and most detailed in Suetonius’ collection. Augustus, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, had been commemorated ...

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was probably born in AD69, and although little is known about his own life, his biography of the twelve Caesars vividly captured what it was like to be at the centre of ...

Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius. By Tom Holland Some time in the early ninth century AD, a Frankish scholar named Einhard ...

Charlemagne and The Sopranos, Trump and I, Claudius – all owe a debt to the imperial biographies of Suetonius. By Tom Holland Some time in the early ninth century AD, a Frankish scholar named Einhard ...

Here’s a biography of Gloria Romero, the legacy of a legendary. GLORIA ROMERO BIOGRAPHY – Here’s the life story, movies, and awards of the legendary actress who died on January 25, 2025. Award-winning ...