The October Horse

Autor: Mccullough, Colleen

Editorial: Vintage

Lenguaje: Inglés Internacional

ISBN13: 9780099280521

Reseña:  The sixth book in the epic Masters of Rome series Julius Caesar is in the prime of his life and at the height of his powers. But behind the myth lies a man beset with contradictions. Happily married he is also the lover of the enigmatic Egyptian queen Cleopatra. A great general he wishes to bring to an end Romes endless wars. Conscious of his own power and contemptuous of lesser men he is determined not to be worshipped as a living god or crowned emperor. But Caesar is a man whose very greatness attracts envy and jealousy to a dangerous degree and as the political intrigues which surround him reach their climax his destruction becomes inevitable. As the Ides of March approach one of the most powerful stories in history reaches its dramatic conclusion -