Ann Wroe On The Real Story Of Pontius Pilate, And His Connection To Stoicism

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<p>Ryan speaks with Ann Wroe about her book <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/pontius-pilate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Pontius Pilate: The Biography of an Invented Man</em></a>, what she has learned over her long career of writing obituaries, why death is the great equalizer, the intrigue and misunderstanding of Pontius Pilate and his life, and more.</p><p>Ann Wroe is an author and columnist who has been the obituaries editor of <a href="https://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/ann-wroe/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Economist</em></a> since 2003. She has published several non-fiction books including biographies of <a href="https://geni.us/TdWUm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Percy Shelley</a> and <a href="https://geni.us/5tTkfsJ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Perkin Warbeck</a>, and a book on the subject of the mythological figure of <a href="https://geni.us/kA0gZ7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Orpheus</a>, which won the London Hellenic Prize. Her biography of Pilate was shortlisted for the 1999 Samuel Johnson Prize. Ann became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2007, and she is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.</p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>