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History. "I'm sure that Nero didn't set fire to Rome...
...this and the 30 other cases he re-enacts in Fabian of the Yard, the inspector relies mostly on elementary, patient common sense and laboratory work, but he flashes enough intuitive genius to hold his own with the best of the fictional homicide squad-Holmes, Maigret, Philo Vance and Nero Wolfe...
...floor shows) cleansed and entertained vacationing senators and consuls. The place acquired a highly questionable reputation. The dramatist Terence wrote: "At Baiae one never knows what the night will bring," and the poet Propertius warned his girl friend that "The waters of Baiae lead to immoral love." At Baiae Nero built the biggest bath, and a vast covered pool. Here he also tried to drown his mother...
...Nero invited his mother Agrippina to Baiae. On her way home she narrowly escaped death when her ship, obviously sabotaged, sank from under her; after she got home, Nero-egged on by his mistress Poppaea, who disliked the lady-used the surer method of having Agrippina clubbed and stabbed to death...
...Coronation of Poppea (Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, chorus and soloists conducted by Walter Goehr; Concert Hall, 3 LPs). Monteverdi's last opera (1642) and his most affecting score, rich in musical compassion and credible characterization. The story, which might have trouble with contemporary film censors, tells how Poppea, Nero's mistress, ousts the rightful empress and triumphantly takes her place on the Roman throne. The recording is notable for some superb singing by Soprano Sylvia Gähwiller and Contralto Maria Helbling in a fine cast...