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A brilliant and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Robert Graves' I, Claudius*,* Augustus is a sweeping narrative that brings vividly to life a compelling cast of historical figures through their letters, dispatches, and memoirs.
A mere eighteen years of age when his uncle, Julius Caesar, is murdered, Octavius Caesar prematurely inherits rule of the Roman Republic. Surrounded by men who are jockeying for power--Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, and Mark Antony--young Octavius must work against the powerful Roman political machinations to claim his destiny as first Roman emperor. Sprung from meticulous research and the pen of a true poet, Augustus tells the story of one man's dream to liberate a corrupt Rome from the fancy of the capriciously crooked and the wildly wealthy.
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John Williams utolsó regénye 1973-ban megkapta a Nemzeti Könyvdíjat. Mintha maga a szerző is tudta volna, hogy az Augustus lesz a hattyúdala, papírra vetette benne mindazt, amit a világról, az életről, a művészetről és a politikáról gondolt. Így született meg minden idők egyik legvarázslatosabb tört
John Williams utolsó regénye 1973-ban megkapta a Nemzeti Könyvdíjat. Mintha maga a szerző is tudta volna, hogy az Augustus lesz a hattyúdala, papírra vetette benne mindazt, amit a világról, az életről, a művészetről és a politikáról gondolt. Így született meg minden idők egyik legvarázslatosabb tört