Memoirs of Hadrian: Fsg 80th Anniversary Special Edition

Marguerite Yourcenar’s genre-defining historical novel.

First published to international acclaim in 1951, Memoirs of Hadrian is at once a brilliant character study, a reflection on the meaning of history, and a literary masterwork from one of France’s most singular writers. Marguerite Yourcenar takes the perspective of the dying Emperor Hadrian, reimagining his life across the changing Roman Empire. With insight, elegance, and an unprecedented immediacy, Memoirs of Hadrian announced itself as a new kind of historical fiction: one that animates the past with immersive feeling and rings true across the ages.

Author: Marguerite Yourcenar
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 07/07/2026
Series: FSG Classics
Pages: 416
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780374622404
Language: English