A Philosophical Consolation
- The Roman philosopher Boethius was on death row as he fell out of favour with the King in the year 524 AD. He wrote his last work, Consolations in Philosophy while awaiting death.
- He wrote about why bad things happen, why bad men prosper and live in wealth, while good men stay poor and get killed.
- The life manual written on the brink of death became highly popular in the middle ages, read by people like Queen Elizabeth I and King Alfred.
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