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Augustus: A Novel by John Williams (Paperback, 2003)

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'Williams has fashioned an always engaging, psychologically convincing work of fiction-a consistent and well-realized portrait' The New Yorker AUGUSTUS tells the story of Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen who, on the death of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of the Roman Empire. He is destined to rule that world astonishingly well, given the odds and intrigues against him. He would later be known as Augustus Caesar (63 B.C. -14A.D.), the first Roman emperor.Through the use of fictional letters, memoranda and dispatches, we see how Augustus established his essential base of power and how he was continually obliged to put down, by a subtle combination of force and guile, the challenges of such men as Cicero, Brutus, Cassius and, finally, Mark Antony.The narrative mosaic John Williams has built on impeccable historical research brings Augustus vividly to life. Williams invests his characters with such profound humanity and treats them with such terrible honesty and compassion that we enter into their very lives and times.

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PublisherVintage Publishing

ISBN-139780099445081

eBay Product ID (ePID)91346024

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Book TitleAugustus: a Novel

AuthorJohn Williams

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

GenreHistorical

Number of Pages352 Pages

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Item Height198mm

Item Width129mm

Item Weight245g

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Title_AuthorJohn Williams

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by davaar44
18 Oct, 2017
Unusual but brilliant
It's written as a collection of letters, reports etc but it works extremely well. It has been painstakingly researched and is beautifully written. It is almost, as good as John Williams 'Stoner' which means that it is among the best novels ever written by an American author.
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by ROWn50O9R96@Deleted
24 Apr, 2019
Stimulating!
Deep & a pleasure to read & to stimulating!contemplate & discuss with friends!
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by noseycar
16 Oct, 2019
later
goes only one way (no reverse).
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