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- Daily Telegraph
Lord Lucan’s disappearance is a mystery best left unsolved
Regrettably, rarely is truth ever stranger than fiction
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- Daily Telegraph
Lord Lucan ‘asked friends to cover up murder of his children’s nanny’
Police believed Lord Lucan, a former British Army second lieutenant and socialite known to frequent bars and gambling establishments, had used his friends to provide false alibis and help him ...
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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November 39 AD – 30 April 65 AD), better known in English as Lucan ( / ˈluːkən / ), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba ), in Hispania Baetica. He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, known in particular for his epic Pharsalia.
Lucan (born ad 39, Corduba [now Córdoba], Spain—died 65, Rome [Italy]) was a Roman poet and republican patriot whose historical epic, the Bellum civile, better known as the Pharsalia because of its vivid account of that battle, is remarkable as the single major Latin epic poem that eschewed the intervention of the gods.
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Lucan is a two-part British television drama, starring Rory Kinnear, Christopher Eccleston and Catherine McCormack, portraying the disappearance in 1974 of the Earl of Lucan, following the murder of his children's nanny. Written by Jeff Pope and directed by Adrian Shergold, it was broadcast in December 2013.
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, 39 C.E. – April 30, 65 C.E.), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (present-day Córdoba, Spain), in the Hispania Baetica. Despite his short life, he is regarded one of the outstanding figures of the Silver Latin period, and he is often ranked alongside Ovid and Virgil as one ...
Dec 14, 2009 · Learn about Lucan, a prolific and influential Latin poet who wrote the only surviving historical epic on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey. Explore his life, works, and legacy in this comprehensive article by Susanna Braund.
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Nov 6, 2015 · Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65 CE), grandson of Seneca the Elder and nephew of Seneca the Younger, was a Roman statesman and Latin poet. Born in Corduba, he came to Rome as an infant and later held the positions of quaestor and augur.
Pharsalia is an unfinished epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan, who died in 65 CE. It narrates the story of the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, with vivid descriptions of battles, portents, and characters.
