2003, ISBN: 0099280523

[EAN: 9780099280521], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Random House], CAESAR, JULIUS -- FICTION, CLEOPATRA, QUEEN OF EGYPT, -30 B.C JULIUS, B.C, FICTION / HISTORICAL, GENERAL, MODERN &… More...

[EAN: 9780099280521], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Random House], CAESAR, JULIUS -- FICTION, CLEOPATRA, QUEEN OF EGYPT, -30 B.C JULIUS, B.C, FICTION / HISTORICAL, GENERAL, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY (POST C 1945), BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORICAL, 608 pages. Caesar is in the prime of his life and the height of his powers as the novel opens. A man of contradictions, Caesar is happily married yet at the same time the lover of the enigmat ic and subtle Egyptian ruler, Cleopatra. He is at once a great ge neral who commands the instinctive loyalty of Rome's legions, and a man who wishes to bring to an end Rome's endless civil and ext ernal wars, a man not only conscious of his own power, and contem ptuous of lesser men, but respectful of the republic, and determi ned not to be worshipped as a living god or crowned as an emperor , a man whose very greatness attracts envy and jealousy to a dang erous degree. With her extraordinary knowledge of Roman history, Colleen McCullough brings Caesar to life as nobody has ever done before, and surrounds him with an enormous and vivid cast of hist orical characters, portrayed here not as literary figures, but as real, living people, trying to control and master enormous polit ical events and survive., Books<

2003, ISBN: 9780099280521

Random House. Very Good. 5.08 x 1.81 x 7.8 inches. Paperback. 2003. 608 pages. <br>Caesar is in the prime of his life and the height of his powers as the novel opens. A man of cont… More...

Random House. Very Good. 5.08 x 1.81 x 7.8 inches. Paperback. 2003. 608 pages. <br>Caesar is in the prime of his life and the height of his powers as the novel opens. A man of contradictions, Caesar is happily married yet at the same time the lover of the enigmat ic and subtle Egyptian ruler, Cleopatra. He is at once a great ge neral who commands the instinctive loyalty of Rome's legions, and a man who wishes to bring to an end Rome's endless civil and ext ernal wars, a man not only conscious of his own power, and contem ptuous of lesser men, but respectful of the republic, and determi ned not to be worshipped as a living god or crowned as an emperor , a man whose very greatness attracts envy and jealousy to a dang erous degree. With her extraordinary knowledge of Roman history, Colleen McCullough brings Caesar to life as nobody has ever done before, and surrounds him with an enormous and vivid cast of hist orical characters, portrayed here not as literary figures, but as real, living people, trying to control and master enormous polit ical events and survive. ., Random House, 2003, 3<

2003, ISBN: 0099280523

[EAN: 9780099280521], Used, good, [SC: 2.45], [PU: Arrow], Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A tan to the pages. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers… More...

[EAN: 9780099280521], Used, good, [SC: 2.45], [PU: Arrow], Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A tan to the pages. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers, Books<