Nero exhibition

[John W Davison]

Is there a decent guidebook to go with it that might offer some compensation to those who cannot attend?

I don't tend to buy the BM guidebooks for the exhibitions as these tend to be quite large and expensive and add to the large pile of former trees that fill large parts of the house!  In this case there is a fairly cheap paperback available.  They are usually well-illustrated but I am not sure whether this one has all the military artefacts if that is what you are after.  The Nero book is not the full-exhibition catalogue style book that they usually do - e.g. the book that went with the Egypt Faith After the Pharaohs" exhibition from a few years ago - see links to compare:

 Nero: the Man Behind the Myth, Exhibition Highlights (britishmuseumshoponline.org)

Buy Egypt Faith After The Pharaoh’S Exhibition Catalogue Paperback Online - The British Museum (britishmuseumshoponline.org)

John