The Lives of the Caesars

The Lives of the CaesarsA masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biographies of the twelve Caesars, by the award winning historian and The Rest Is History podcaster Tom Holland. The ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, to thrill, to dazzle. To rule as a Caesar was to stand as an actor upon the great stage of the world. No biographies invite us into the lives of the Caesars more vividly or intimately than those by

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from the author of The Little Prince

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Gombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on Earth to life

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The emphatic rhythms of Western canons are filtered through the sands and microtonal scales of North Africa

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and Frances McDormand