The First Man in Rome
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HarperCollins · Ebook · April 7, 2020
With extraordinary narrative power, New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweeps the reader into a whirlpool of pageantry and passion, bringing to vivid life the most glorious epoch in human history.
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- Who it’s for
- A sweeping Roman-era story of ambition, political intrigue, and the cost of reaching for glory.
- Genres
- Ancient Historical Fiction, War Fiction
- Published
- HarperCollins, April 7, 2020
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With extraordinary narrative power, New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweeps the reader into a whirlpool of pageantry and passion, bringing to vivid life the most glorious epoch in human history. When the world cowered before the legions of Rome, two extraordinary men dreamed of personal glory: the military genius and wealthy rural "upstart" Marius, and Sulla, penniless and debauched but of aristocratic birth.
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Men of exceptional vision, courage, cunning, and ruthless ambition, separately they faced the insurmountable opposition of powerful, vindictive foes. Yet allied they could answer the treachery of rivals, lovers, enemy generals, and senatorial vipers with intricate and merciless machinations of their own—to achieve in the end a bloody and splendid foretold destiny . . . and win the most coveted honor the Republic could bestow.
Glory and Intrigue
A sweeping Roman-era story of ambition, political intrigue, and the cost of reaching for glory.
Come here for
- Power struggles and personal ambition in the Roman Republic
- Two sharply contrasted men, bound by rivalry and alliance
Expect
- Pageantry and passion amid the Republic’s fierce rivalries
- Ruthless machinations, shifting alliances, and a bloody destiny
Where it sits
| Ancient Historical Fiction | 99% |
|---|---|
| War Fiction | 80% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Fantasy Romance
- Historical Fiction
- World War I Historical Fiction
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- World War II & Holocaust
- Literary Fiction
- Historical Mystery
- Historical Romance
- Authors
- Colleen McCullough
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 7, 2020
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- The Classics