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Classical in form, earnest, epic and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Colleen McCullough
- First published
- October 1, 1993
- Pages
- 1057
- Publisher
- Goldmann, BCA, Arrow Books Ltd
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- Italian, German, French, Russian
- ISBN
- 9788408039990
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First sentence
“"The most exciting thing that's happened during the last fifteen months, said Gaius Marius, ""is the elephant Gaius Claudius showed at the ludi Romani."""”
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