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Caesar - Goldsworthy, Adrian; Weidenfeld & Nicolson - Yale University Press
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CaesarLife of a Colossus
Named a Best Book of 2006 by Amazon.com Named one of the 100 noteworthy books of the year (2006) by the Kansas City Star Chosen as an "Outstanding" title in the 2007 Association of American University Presses (AAUP) University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries Named a Number 1 Editor's Choice in Biography by amazon in 2006 Winner of the 2007 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award in the biography and memoirs category Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2007 by Choice Magazine
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As Adrian Goldsworthy writes in the introduction to this book, “in his fifty-six years, Caesar was at times many things, including a fugitive, prisoner, rising politician, army leader, legal advocate, rebel, dictator . . . as well as husband, father, lover and adulterer.” In this landmark biography, Goldsworthy examines all of these roles and places his subject firmly within the context of Roman society in the first century B.C.
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of Caesar’s life from birth through assassination, Goldsworthy covers not only Caesar’s accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator but also lesser-known chapters during which he was high priest of an exotic cult, captive of pirates, seducer not only of Cleopatra but also of the wives of his two main political rivals, and rebel condemned by his own country. Ultimately, Goldsworthy realizes the full complexity of Caesar’s character and shows why his political and military leadership continues to resonate some two thousand years later.
Adrian Goldsworthy read history at Oxford and is the author of The Roman Army at War, The Punic Wars, and other books about the ancient world. He lives in Wales.
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