Julius Caesar: a Beginner's Guide - Softcover

Kamm, Antony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340844566 ISBN 13: 9780340844564

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2002

Synopsis

Caesar - A Beginner's Guide offers an amazing insight into the life and times of this influential all-rounder, depicting Caesar not only as man but also as a good tactitioner and leader. His story is one of ambition and intrigue, corruption and power, battles, bravery, brutality, sexual scandal and ultimate assassination.

Antony Kamm's informative text:

- investigates Caesar's background and the times he lived in

- explores the world of Republican Rome

- introduces Caesar, the Politician, the General and the Dictator

- demonstrates how Caesar's ambition and political intrigue brought him to supreme power, but also to assassination

- examines Caesar's influence both in his own time and in the world today.

This title has an extremely large potential audience. Ancient history has a large following and so this should have a good market with general readers.

About this title

About the Author

Antony Kamm was Director of Brockhampton Press in the 1960s and 70s. He is now a freelance writer and has written many books with Routledge, HarperCollins and Longman. He is a member of the Educational Writers Group.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340844566
• ISBN 13: 9780340844564
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96