Audiobook: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
I recently finished writing a prose biography called Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor, due to be published by Yale University Press as part of their Ancient Lives series in January 2024. I’ll be sharing more info about Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor soon. I’m pleased to announce, though, that I will be narrating the audiobook version of this new book.
Some early praise for Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor:
Robertson has written a very thorough and very readable account of Marcus’s life and the events and people that shaped him. Anyone who wants to understand the author of Meditations should read this book.—Robin Waterfield, author of Marcus Aurelius, Meditations: The Annotated Edition
Robertson’s biography provides a compelling narrative of Marcus’ life, carefully based on the primary sources. He brings out very clearly the life-long significance of Stoicism for Marcus and the interplay between philosophy, politics, and warfare.—Christopher Gill, author of Learning to Live Naturally: Stoic Ethics and its Modern Significance
You can actually preorder it already from Amazon and some other booksellers.
Some of the existing titles in the Ancient Lives seriesThe audiobook of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, has sold over 60k units, and the book, across all formats and translations, is now approaching sales of a quarter of a million!
In March, it was featured on the Audible Blog list of The Best Philosophy Audiobooks, which says:
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor weaves together three threads—biographical content on Marcus Aurelius, summaries of his Stoic philosophy from his famous The Meditations, and information about cognitive behavioral therapy approaches that complement the practice of Stoicism—to craft a compelling listen. Psychotherapist Donald Robertson narrates his own work, and his even, understated delivery makes this intensive look at philosophy, psychology, and history engaging and easy to follow. The figure of Marcus Aurelius looms large in history, and Robertson does his life and work justice with this comprehensive introduction. Neither losing the listener in the halls of history nor forcing tenets of Stoicism to fit contemporary times, the author manages to make the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius immediate and personal.
The English audiobook of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, has now been rated/reviewed by over four thousand listeners on Audible.
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It is also available in Spanish, and hopefully audiobooks in other languages will be available in the future, as the print copy has already been translated into at least eighteen languages.
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