- Fiction, History, Rome, Rome Civil War, 49-45 B.C.
"Caesar and his troops have crossed the Rubicon and are marching on Rome. Pompey, his rival, is preparing to flee south with the Senate and his loyal troops, leaving the city unguarded, ungoverned, and on the verge of chaos.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Steven Saylor
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 305
- Publisher
- Constable & Robinson, Robinson Publishing, St. Martin's Minotaur
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- Polish, English
- ISBN
- 9780312582425
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First sentence
“"Pompey will be mightily pissed," said Davus.”
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