Augustus: A Novel
Book Details
Author(s)John Williams
PublisherVintage Classics
ISBN / ASIN0099445085
ISBN-139780099445081
AvailabilityHabituellement expédié sous 24 h
Sales Rank44,330
CategoryPaperback
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
By the author of Stoner, the surprise international bestseller. After the brutal murder of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of Rome. He is destined, despite vicious power struggles, bloody wars and family strife, to transform his realm and become the greatest ruler the western world had ever seen: Augustus Caesar, the first Roman Emperor. Building on impeccable research, John Williams brings the legendary figure of Augustus vividly to life, and invests his characters with such profound humanity that we enter completely into the heat and danger of their lives and times.



