Fortune's Favorites

Informationen zum Autor Colleen McCullough is the author of The Thorn Birds, Tim, An Indecent Obsession, A Creed for the Third Millennium, The Ladies of Missalonghi, The First Man in Rome, The Grass Crown, Fortune's Favorites, Caesar's Women, Caesar , and other novels. She lives with her husband on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific. Klappentext With incomparable storytelling skill, New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough brings Rome alive in all her majesty—and illuminates the world of those favored by the gods at birth. In a time of cataclysmic upheaval, a bold new generation of Romans vied for greatness amid the disintegrating remnants of their beloved Republic. They were the chosen...and the cursed—blessed with wealth and privilege yet burdened by the dictates of destiny in a savage struggle for power that would leave countless numbers crushed and destroyed. But there was one who would tower above them all—a brilliant and beautiful boy whose ambition was unparalleled, whose love was legend, and whose glory was Rome's: a boy they would one day call "Caesar." Zusammenfassung With incomparable storytelling skill! New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough brings Rome alive in all her majesty—and illuminates the world of those favored by the gods at birth. In a time of cataclysmic upheaval! a bold new generation of Romans vied for greatness amid the disintegrating remnants of their beloved Republic. They were the chosen...and the cursed—blessed with wealth and privilege yet burdened by the dictates of destiny in a savage struggle for power that would leave countless numbers crushed and destroyed. But there was one who would tower above them all—a brilliant and beautiful boy whose ambition was unparalleled! whose love was legend! and whose glory was Rome's: a boy they would one day call "Caesar."

Product details

• Authors: Colleen McCullough
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2008
• EAN: 9780061582400
• ISBN: 978-0-06-158240-0
• No. of pages: 1136
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 47 mm
• Series: Masters of Rome; Masters of Rome
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Australische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), Romance, Historical fiction, Scotland, Fiction: general and literary, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), FICTION: Women, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Action & Adventure, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Scottish, FICTION: Romance / Action & Adventure, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Ancient World, FICTION: Romance / Multicultural & Interracial, Adventure / action fiction, Narrative theme: Diversity, equality, inclusion