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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · 3d

“Horace: Poet on a Volcano” by Peter Stothard - Tweetspeak Poetry - www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2025/09/16/h...
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“Horace: Poet on a Volcano” by Peter Stothard - Tweetspeak Poetry

In "Horace: Poet on a Volcano," British author and journalist Peter Stothard tells the story of the Roman poet through his odes.

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · 7d

John Le Carre, artist as well as writer, on a predecessor at turning spying into literature. Somerset Maugham as a wise owl (maybe) from a highly intelligent exhibition from Le Carre’s newly catalogued archive at the Bodleian in Oxford @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · 15d

'Pert, canny and enchanting': The Critic’s Notebook on my Horace, Poet on a Volcano in the New Criterion. Thanks. Does 'pert' in US English mean sexy, bold, sassy or what? Not so common on the British side of the Atlantic these days. @yalepress @YaleBooks newcriterion.com/dispatch/the...

“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors

On Horace, religious freedom, treasures from the Holy Land, house museums, rare books & more from the world of culture.

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · 25d

A little like Bob Dylan', says @theclaremontreview of Horace in a California review of my 'enviably graceful and erudite' Poet on a Volcano. Thanks for that. In Horace's mirrored room for sex the poet 'managed to become an icon and an enigma at once'. Thanks for that too.
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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · Aug 13

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‘Horace’ Review: An Ode to the Poet

Horace prospered in the late Roman Republic and the empire of Augustus. His poetic works captured the image of their vicious times.

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · Aug 4

'Vivid, informative and probing' is the verdict of the King's London Latin professor, William Fitzgerald, on my Horace, Poet on a Volcano. 'A style out of Tacitus by way of Ronald Syme'. I'll proudly settle for that. www.the-tls.com/classics/hor... @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

A poet who prospered despite Rome’s bloody civil wars

Poet on a Volcano might seem a strange choice of title for the biography of a poet whose Odes were described by George Meredith as “the chanted philosophy

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · Jul 25

Joseph Epstein compares Horace and Auden in a stimulating. review of my Life of Horace in @nationalreview. And thanks to him for putting me in some very exalted company! @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social www.nationalreview.com/magazine/202...

Horace for the Ages | National Review

Revived by modern translators, Horace’s poetry endures.

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · Jul 22

Hats off to @heffersbookshop of Cambridge for Horace's place at the centre of their All Your Summer Reads window today. @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · Jul 2

In my youth I read much about Rome by Alan Massie. So it's wonderful that he today finds Horace, Poet on a Volcano 'a splendid and fascinating book that will surely have us rereading it time and again'. literaryreview.co.uk/all-odes-lea...
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Allan Massie - All Odes Lead to Rome

Allan Massie: All Odes Lead to Rome - Horace: Poet on a Volcano by Peter Stothard

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · Jun 29

I’ve just tried the Horace men’s cologne that I bought - in superstitious enthusiasm - when Horace, Poet on a Volcano came out. I now smell like a Baghdad spice bar! Persicos odi, puer, apparatus, as H himself put it. @yalepress @yalebooks

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thanks to @suzyfeay and her wonderful Book Bag show for our talk on Horace, Poet on a Volcano. 'A brilliant job', says Suzy perspicaciously. Plus tricky days editing The Times and my shame at never having read Harry Potter. youtube.com/watch?v=1tYx...
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Suzi chats with Peter Stothard

YouTube video by Suzi's Book Bag - A home for book lovers.

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · Jun 24

'Peter Stothard has written some great books of non-fiction. I loved The Last Assassin. But with Horace: Poet on a Volcano, he really has done a magnificent job.' Thanks to fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/how-real-i... @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

How real is Horace?

tecum vivere amem, tecum obeam libens

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · Jun 7

Good to see Horace next to Pompeii in @heffers.bsky.social
He was maybe more a Herculaneum man himself. Gabriel Zuchtriegel’s book is refreshing, as is the man himself. @yalebooks.bsky.social

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · Jun 5

'A verse describes a woman with a man, ‘head-down, as she did her work like a Thracian drinking beer through a straw’. Golly. This certainly isn’t the Horace we met in Latin lessons!'. Daisy Dunn in @thespectator1828.bsky.social today on a 'beautifully written new biography'. @yalebooks.bsky.social

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thanks to @NadyaWilliams81 and The Russell Kirk Centre kirkcenter.org/reviews/poet... alerting their Christian followers to Horace, Poet on a Volcano. The early church was keen to find support from pagan authors if it could. A fine tradition.
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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · May 30

Great to see that the Catholic magazine, @thetablet.bsky.social found a spiritual headline in my Horace. And for those wanting a more carnal poet here are some roses where a gracilis puer might enjoy his Pyrrha - however briefly. @yalepress. @yalebooks.

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · May 24

I'd already read online this lovely review of my Horace, Poet on a Volcano but for those of us of a certain age nothing beats buying a print copy from a newsagent this morning. @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @thetimes.com

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · May 22

Looking forward to Horace's festival debut at beautiful Nevill Holt. Perfect place of art and wine for Rome's master poet. Join us on 14 June. @nevillholtfestival instagram.com/p/DJmZhdVKIY...
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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · May 20

Much looking forward to Horace's festival debut at Nevill Holt on June 14, a place of art, wine, music and country beauty of which he would absolutely have approved. Join us!
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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · May 16

Horace would have loved his appearance with the Uptown Girl in the Daily Mail today. He had strong views (often censored but discussed in my book) on the dangers of sex with women above his station. Too much danger! @yalebooks.bsky.social

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · May 16

Open Letters Review focuses on the poems themselves in my new life of Horace which make his 'artistic development as gripping as if readers were watching it happen in real time'. Delighted.
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Horace: Poet on a Volcano by Peter Stothard — Open Letters Review

An invigorating new biography of the great Roman poet Horace

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · May 15

Airmail in New York on Horace this morning. 'Vibrant and enthralling' . . 'a compelling portrait of a man and his time' . . 'will entrance' . . .'relevant today'. Thanks to Jim Kelly airmail.news/books/2025/5... @yalepress @YaleBooks

AIR MAIL Editor's Picks

This week, don't miss "The Complete Cambridge Jane Austen," edited by Janet Todd, "Sorrowful Mysteries," by Stephen Harrigan, and "Horace," by Peter Stothard.

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · May 14

On Gabriel Zuchtriegel's first day as the first foreign born direct of Pompeii 140 professors and former curators petitioned for his removal. The new TLS has my review of his story, plus Peter Thonemann on Emily Gowers, two giants of modern classical studies. @hodderbooks.bsky.social

peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · May 13

Publication day today for Horace, Poet on a Volcano, the first modern biography, pictured here with a wild member of the garlic family, his least favourite plant! @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

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peter-stothard.bsky.social @peter-stothard.bsky.social · May 10

Carpe Diem! Seize the moment! Live for the day! Perfect quote from Horace for a day on a boat. Plus suncream. New biography of a master of pleasure is out on Tuesday. www.amazon.co.uk/Horace-Poet-...
Add Nunc Est Bibendum, Now It's Time For a Drink. @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

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