- Paperback: 672 pages
- Publisher: Avon Books; First Printing edition (Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0380710854
- ISBN-13: 978-0380710850
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.3 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,746,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Hail, Colleen McCullough! She once again gives Caesar his due...CAESAR reveals Julius Caesar and the author at the height of theirpowers...With all its Machiavellian machinations and its eye for entertaining history, McCullough latest novel merits the allegiance ofher legions of fans." -- "Columbus Dispatch""A thoroughly Romanized epic novel...Her version of history marches through the tumultuous years from 54 to 48 B.C. withoutmissing any of the significant military and political landscape...McCullough also fleshes out the marbled-over characters of Pompey, Cato, Cicero, Brutus, Mark Anthony and others as they try to deal with the near-infallible Caesar. And Caesar himself...[is] brilliant, ambitious, ruthless and fascinating." -- "The New York Times Book Review"
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PART OF THE ACCLAIMED MASTERS OF ROME SERIES
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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There's a 5 year gap between the end of the last novel in this 6 book series (Caesar's Women) and this one: Caesar is in Gaul, and finds his ties in Rome being cut. Instead he throws himself into the Gallic campaigns which are described in minute and enthralling detail (based on Caesar's own commentaries).
I don't know how McCullough does it, but she manages to render military campaigns, legion's rebellions etc absolutely fascinating! This isn't by any means an objective look at either Caesar or Roman imperialism, and she is unashamedly on Caesar's side, but somehow it works fabulously.
Back in Rome the Senate led by the vacillating Cicero and neurotic Cato and undermining Caesar, and the book leads inevitably and inexorably to Caear's crossing of the Rubicon.
I can't praise this book enought - not as history (which it doesn't purport to be, though it does stick to the sources - albeit in an interpretative way) but as sheer story-telling.
I don't know how McCullough does it, but she manages to render military campaigns, legion's rebellions etc absolutely fascinating! This isn't by any means an objective look at either Caesar or Roman imperialism, and she is unashamedly on Caesar's side, but somehow it works fabulously.
Back in Rome the Senate led by the vacillating Cicero and neurotic Cato and undermining Caesar, and the book leads inevitably and inexorably to Caear's crossing of the Rubicon.
I can't praise this book enought - not as history (which it doesn't purport to be, though it does stick to the sources - albeit in an interpretative way) but as sheer story-telling.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A gripping read. McCullough never seems to put a foot wrong in her 'Masters of Rome' books. The obvious result of much research melded with fiction that wouldn't let you put the book down........ except for the numerous 'wrong words' in the text (paperback) that appear to have been 'corrected' by an errant spell checker. So distracting and annoying that the book hit the wall twice and lost 2 stars! I can't wait for 'The October Horse' but I hope the publishers employ a proof reader!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I agree utterly, a_mccormack, about the spell-checking issue ... a shame, as it occasionally distracted me from what is once again a first-rate book. Caesar's brilliant Gallic campaigns are described with exactly the right amount of detail; enough to immerse, but not enough to overwhelm. The ongoing development of GJC is fascinating, as is the depiction of the boni (am I the only person who wishes she could travel back in time and strangle Cato and Bibulus? And even dear Magnus too?) and their machinations. The reader is once again placed firmly on Caesar's side, and that is no bad thing. Roll on the paperback version of The October Horse!
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fascinating and rivetting
This book covers Caesar in his prime, first in the conquest of Gaul and then in the Civil War with Pompey. Read more
Published 8 months ago by rob crawford
More fat reading
McCullough is one of those writers that require you to switch off some of your critical faculties if you are to make it through 700 pages (and every book in her Caesar series is... Read more
Published 19 months ago by PatB
Loved it but disappointed!
My only problem with this addition to the series is that it takes place five years after the ending of the last book during Caesar's second five year stint in Gaul. Read more
Published 20 months ago by AdNoctum
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I am on the final book October horse.I am not a political person and i really wouldn`t view the books as being dedicated to politics. Read more
Published on 21 April 2009 by Flossy
just brilliant!
I've had the pleasure of reading all the Masters of Rome series in order one after the other and I've found it a wonderful experience! Read more
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well researched and original
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