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New paperbacks for July — Mary Beard, John Grisham and more
Emperors! Mary Beard! What’s not to like? From grisly deaths — ambushed in an alley (Caligula), knifed while having a wee (Caracalla), strangled in a bath by personal trainer (Commodus) — to loads of dreary paperwork (more than a 100 epistles survive …