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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2004
- ISBN
- 9781400076734
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400076730
ISBN-13
9781400076734
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30507676
Product Key Features
Book Title
Augustus
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-049641
Reviews
"Augustusis a masterpiece." Los Angeles Times "One is drawn deeply into a world whose complexity, luxury, political cynicism, public gullibility, and violence seem very much like our own." The New Yorker "Williams has immersed himself in ancient history, its figures, its conflicts, its complicated intrigues and its often primitive turmoil. In his vivid panorama, The Golden Age sparkles with an eloquence, at times, approaching the poetic." The Plain Dealer "Out of the events surrounding one of the pivotal moments in Western history . . . John Williams has fashioned an always engaging, psychologically convincing work of fiction." The New York Times "Augustusis a vividly imagined re-creation of classical Rome, but its intuitive grasp of the experience of immense power makes it an unusual, and superior, novel." The Boston Globe "Novel or history, this is an excellent book. . . . a superior work of the imagination." Playboy "It would be easy to over-praise this novel; but there does not seem any adequate reason why this temptation should be resisted, especially as Mr. Williams in his turn resists the obvious one of allowing irony too prominent a part in the proceedings." The Economist "A pleasure to read. . . . A most polished performance." Boston Herald Traveler "Strong and striking. . . . Intelligent and intuitive, this excellent historical novel makes the world of Ancient Rome a place in which we feel instantly at home." Publishers Weekly "A novel of extraordinary range, yet of extraordinary minuteness, that manages never to sacrifice one quality for the other." The Financial Times, " Augustus is a masterpiece." Los Angeles Times "One is drawn deeply into a world whose complexity, luxury, political cynicism, public gullibility, and violence seem very much like our own." The New Yorker "Williams has immersed himself in ancient history, its figures, its conflicts, its complicated intrigues and its often primitive turmoil. In his vivid panorama, The Golden Age sparkles with an eloquence, at times, approaching the poetic." The Plain Dealer "Out of the events surrounding one of the pivotal moments in Western history . . . John Williams has fashioned an always engaging, psychologically convincing work of fiction." The New York Times " Augustus is a vividly imagined re-creation of classical Rome, but its intuitive grasp of the experience of immense power makes it an unusual, and superior, novel." The Boston Globe "Novel or history, this is an excellent book. . . . a superior work of the imagination." Playboy "It would be easy to over-praise this novel; but there does not seem any adequate reason why this temptation should be resisted, especially as Mr. Williams in his turn resists the obvious one of allowing irony too prominent a part in the proceedings." The Economist "A pleasure to read. . . . A most polished performance." Boston Herald Traveler "Strong and striking. . . . Intelligent and intuitive, this excellent historical novel makes the world of Ancient Rome a place in which we feel instantly at home." Publishers Weekly "A novel of extraordinary range, yet of extraordinary minuteness, that manages never to sacrifice one quality for the other." The Financial Times
Dewey Edition
18
Dewey Decimal
823/.9/1
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
PS3545.I5286A94 2004
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