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
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 07/07/2026
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780374622404

About the Author
Marguerite Yourcenar is one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century. The author of more than twenty books--of which Memoirs of Hadrian is her acknowledged masterpiece--she was the first woman elected to the Academie Française. She died in 1987.