La pourpre et l'or

I love the cover image. A living statue with blood on her hands, and the curtain that looks like books...

The story starts with emperor Claudius' murder, and focuses on Claudius' mistress' son, Lucius Murena. Lucius is Nero's friend.
As far as I can tell, this is fairly historically accurate. The author says to follow in Alexandre Dumas' footsteps, that is, interpreting the history within the history, that is, following the historical facts, while freely fabulating with details :-D
The illustration is realistic, but I don't much like it. I think everyone is ugly. Galigula's sisters were all beautiful.
There's a lot of nudity, both male and female, so if that bothers you, this is not for you.