- Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, general
The early life of Julius Caesar is recreated in a novel that brilliantly interweaves history and adventure.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Conn Iggulden
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 434
- Publisher
- Dell, Delacorte Press, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780007321759
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“The track in the woods was a wide causeway to the two boys strolling down it.”
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