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A compelling fictional portrait of Augustus Caesar follows the ancient Roman leader from his youth to his rise to power following the murder of his uncle, Julius Caesar, in the midst of fierce competition, intrigue, and political machinations, in a new edition of the National Book Award-winning novel.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- John Williams
- First published
- 1972
- Pages
- 305
- Publisher
- Vintage International, 上海人民出版社, Viking Adult
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- Chinese, Russian, English, Korean
- ISBN
- 9780140051278
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American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Butcher's Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965), and Augustus (1972), which won a U.S. National Book Award-Wikipedia
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