The First Man in Rome

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 extraordinary narrative power, New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweeps the reader into a whirlpool of pageantry and passion, bringing to vivid life the most glorious epoch in human history. When the world cowered before the legions of Rome, two extraordinary men dreamed of personal glory: the military genius and wealthy rural "upstart" Marius, and Sulla, penniless and debauched but of aristocratic birth. Men of exceptional vision, courage, cunning, and ruthless ambition, separately they faced the insurmountable opposition of powerful, vindictive foes. Yet allied they could answer the treachery of rivals, lovers, enemy generals, and senatorial vipers with intricate and merciless machinations of their own—to achieve in the end a bloody and splendid foretold destiny . . . and win the most coveted honor the Republic could bestow. Zusammenfassung With extraordinary narrative power! New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweeps the reader into a whirlpool of pageantry and passion! bringing to vivid life the most glorious epoch in human history. When the world cowered before the legions of Rome! two extraordinary men dreamed of personal glory: the military genius and wealthy rural "upstart" Marius! and Sulla! penniless and debauched but of aristocratic birth. Men of exceptional vision! courage! cunning! and ruthless ambition! separately they faced the insurmountable opposition of powerful! vindictive foes. Yet allied they could answer the treachery of rivals! lovers! enemy generals! and senatorial vipers with intricate and merciless machinations of their own—to achieve in the end a bloody and splendid foretold destiny . . . and win the most coveted honor the Republic could bestow. ...

Product details

• Authors: Colleen McCullough
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.11.2008
• EAN: 9780061582417
• ISBN: 978-0-06-158241-7
• No. of pages: 1123
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 203 mm x 57 mm
• Series: Masters of Rome; Masters of Rome
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Australische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), Romance, Fantasy Romance, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Scotland, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), First World War fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Historical crime and mysteries, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Romantic Comedy, FICTION: Romance / Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION: Historical / World War I, Classic fiction: general and literary