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Augustus : The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt 2006 HC 1st US Ed
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- Historical
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition, Collector's Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Type
- Biography
- Literary Movement
- Realism, Modernism
- Era
- 2000s
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Illustrated, Dust Jacket, First US Edition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781400061280
- Book Title
- Augustus : the Life of Rome's First Emperor
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Ancient / Rome, General, Political
- Item Weight
- 25 oz
- Item Width
- 6.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400061288
ISBN-13
9781400061280
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52180775
Product Key Features
Book Title
Augustus : the Life of Rome's First Emperor
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Ancient / Rome, General, Political
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
25 oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-041735
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
937/.07092 B
Synopsis
The bestselling author of "Cicero" gives a spellbinding and intimate account of Augustus, the man who fashioned the greatest empire in the history of the world., He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome's first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow. Yet, despite Augustus's accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man himself, instead choosing to chronicle the age in which he lived. Here, Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of Cicero, gives a spellbinding and intimate account of his illustrious subject. Augustus began his career as an inexperienced teenager plucked from his studies to take center stage in the drama of Roman politics, assisted by two school friends, Agrippa and Maecenas. Augustus's rise to power began with the assassination of his great-uncle and adoptive father, Julius Caesar, and culminated in the titanic duel with Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The world that made Augustusand that he himself later remadewas driven by intrigue, sex, ceremony, violence, scandal, and naked ambition. Everitt has taken some of the household names of historyCaesar, Brutus, Cassius, Antony, Cleopatrawhom few know the full truth about, and turned them into flesh-and-blood human beings. At a time when many consider America an empire, this stunning portrait of the greatest emperor who ever lived makes for enlightening and engrossing reading. Everitt brings to life the world of a giant, rendered faithfully and sympathetically in human scale. A study of power and political genius, Augustusis a vivid, compelling biography of one of the most important rulers in history. From the Hardcover edition.
LC Classification Number
DG279.E94 2006
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