Princeton University Press is pleased to announce that Adrienne Mayor’s THE POISON KING: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy is a finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction.
We couldn’t be happier! Congratulations, Adrienne, on a job well done. You can check out her stunning portrait of the man, the “Mith,” the legend when it lands in bookstores on November 11.












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He really deserves the award…and iam waiting for the launch of the mith book in november