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One of literature's greatest satirists, Martial earned his livelihood by excoriating the follies and vices of Roman society and its emperors, and set a pattern that satirists have admired across the ages. For the first time, readers can enjoy an English translation of these rhymes that does not sacrifice the cleverly constructed effects of Martial's short and shapely thrusts. Martial's Epigrams "bespeaks a great scholar at play" (The New York Times Book Review), makes for addictive reading, and is a perfect, if naughty, gift.
Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.
Garry Wills
Garry Wills is the author of twenty-one books, including the bestseller Lincoln at Gettysburg—winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award—John Wayne’s America, Certain Trumpets, Under God, and Necessary Evil. A frequent contributor to many national publications, including The New York Times Magazine and the New York Review of Books, he is also an adjunct professor of history at Northwestern University and lives in Evanston, Illinois.
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