The emperor's favourite

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". . . The story of the tragic rise and fall of Crispinus, corrupt and powerful court favourite of tyrannical Roman Emperor, Nero ... Crispinus' story is used to offer a veiled critique of the career of ... George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628)."--Introduction.

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