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.
| ISBN: | 9780061582417 |
| Publication date: | 11th November 2008 |
| Author: | Jane OConnor, Robin PreissGlasser |
| Publisher: | William Morrow & Company an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1152 pages |
| Series: | Masters of Rome |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Historical romance General Fiction Classic fiction: general and literary Historical crime and mysteries First World War fiction Second World War fiction Fantasy romance Contemporary lifestyle fiction |
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.
The First Man in Rome features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Historical romance, General Fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, Historical crime and mysteries, First World War fiction, Second World War fiction, Fantasy romance, Contemporary lifestyle fiction
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The First Man in Rome was written by Jane OConnor, Robin PreissGlasser and published by William Morrow & Company an imprint of HarperCollins
The First Man in Rome has 1,152 pages
Yes it is part of Masters of Rome series