The October Horse (Masters Of Rome Series: Book 6) (Indent)

Author: Colleen McCullough

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  • : 9.99 NZD
  • : 9780099280521
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
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  • : 0.652
  • : July 2003
  • : 199mm X 132mm X 43mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 32.99
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  • : Colleen McCullough
  • : Masters of Rome S.
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
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  • : English
  • : 823.914
  • : good
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  • : 608
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Barcode 9780099280521
9780099280521

Description

The sixth book in the epic Masters of Rome series Julius Caesar is in the prime of his life and at the height of his powers. But behind the myth lies a man beset with contradictions. Happily married, he is also the lover of the enigmatic Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. A great general, he wishes to bring to an end Rome's endless wars. Conscious of his own power, and contemptuous of lesser men, he is determined not to be worshipped as a living god or crowned emperor. But Caesar is a man whose very greatness attracts envy and jealousy to a dangerous degree, and as the political intrigues which surround him reach their climax, his destruction becomes inevitable. As the Ides of March approach, one of the most powerful stories in history reaches its dramatic conclusion -

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Rome, 48BC. Scene of one of the greatest political battles - and one of the most passionate love affairs - of all time.

Author description

Colleen McCullough was born in Australia. A neurophysicist, she established the department of neurophysiology at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, then worked as a researcher and teacher at Yale Medical School for ten years. She is the author of the record-breaking international bestseller The Thorn Birds as well as eleven other novels, and lives on Norfolk Island in the Pacific with her husband.