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By the author of Stoner, the surprise international bestseller
After the brutal murder of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of Rome. He is destined, despite vicious power struggles, bloody wars and family strife, to transform his realm and become the greatest ruler the western world had ever seen: Augustus Caesar, the first Roman Emperor.
Building on impeccable research, John Williams brings the legendary figure of Augustus vividly to life, and invests his characters with such profound humanity that we enter completely into the heat and danger of their lives and times.
After the brutal murder of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of Rome. He is destined, despite vicious power struggles, bloody wars and family strife, to transform his realm and become the greatest ruler the western world had ever seen: Augustus Caesar, the first Roman Emperor.
Building on impeccable research, John Williams brings the legendary figure of Augustus vividly to life, and invests his characters with such profound humanity that we enter completely into the heat and danger of their lives and times.
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"Weir’s sympathetic and detailed biography reassesses the life of a woman whose role in public life...has been underrated by historians" (New Statesman)
"The finest historical novel ever written by an American" (Washington Post)
"It would be easy to over-praise this novel; but there does not seem any adequate reason why this temptation should be resisted" (Economist)
"A novel of extraordinary range, yet of extraordinary minuteness, that manages never to sacrifice one quality for the other" (Financial Times)
"Williams has fashioned an always engaging, psychologically convincing work of fiction - a consistent and well-realized portrait" (New Yorker)
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"The finest historical novel ever written by an American" (Washington Post)
"It would be easy to over-praise this novel; but there does not seem any adequate reason why this temptation should be resisted" (Economist)
"A novel of extraordinary range, yet of extraordinary minuteness, that manages never to sacrifice one quality for the other" (Financial Times)
"Williams has fashioned an always engaging, psychologically convincing work of fiction - a consistent and well-realized portrait" (New Yorker)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Tape to cover boards. Dust jacket wrapped in protective sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.54. Seller Inventory # 1560520723
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. By the author of Stoner and Butcher's Crossing. In magenta boards and green spine cloth with gilt. An ex-library copy with tape to top and bottom of frnt board and across rear board. Rubbing through paper of board ends at top corners and bottoms edges. Stamps to top and bottom page ends and small stain to top page ends near spine. Sticker to ffep and pocket to half-title page. Spine slightly cocked and pages fairly clean with a few smudges/spots hear and there. Binding solid. Jacket is unclipped($7.95) with sticker removal scar to bottom of spine and small nick, with a few small punctures towards top of spine. Some creasing to jacket as well. Winner of the 1973 National Book Award. 1st Printing. Seller Inventory # LPB005946JW
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover. 305 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Viking, USA, 1972. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Edges of boards have moderate wear. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have moderate bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Prominent brown marks from adhesive tape on front and rear endpapers. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A brilliant and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Robert Graves' I, Claudius, Augustus is a sweeping narrative that brings vividly to life a compelling cast of historical figures through their letters, dispatches, and memoirs. A mere eighteen years of age when his uncle, Julius Caesar, is murdered, Octavius Caesar prematurely inherits rule of the Roman Republic. Surrounded by men who are jockeying for power - Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, and Mark Antony - young Octavius must work against the powerful Roman political machinations to claim his destiny as first Roman emperor. Sprung from meticulous research and the pen of a true poet, Augustus tells the story of one man's dream to liberate a corrupt Rome from the fancy of the capriciously crooked and the wildly wealthy. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0670141127. ISBN/EAN: 9780670141128. Inventory No: 24030043. Seller Inventory # 24030043
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SECOND PRINTING DECEMBER 1972, TEXT UNMARKED, LIGHT FOXING TO FORE EDGE, SOME FOXING TO DUST JACKET, DUST JACKET WITH LIGHT EDGE WEAR. Seller Inventory # 042725
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Book Description Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 305 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Green and red boards stamped in copper. Map endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket is creased and worn along edges with a one-inch closed tear along top edge near rear flap. Very shallow chipping at spine ends and some green discoloration to jacket verso. Boards heavily chipped with exposure size of a silver dollar at bottom of spine. Lightly worn and sunned along edges with one additional small nick along top edge. Binding sound. Some faint markings to preliminaries but pages otherwise unmarked. John Williams' fourth novel and winner of the 1973 National Book Award, sharing the honor with Chimera by John Barth. Seller Inventory # 8007
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition/First Printing. Sadly this copy has sustained rather badly bumped bottom tips. Otherwise a superior copy, looks great on the shelf. National Book Award Winner. Author of Stoner. Seller Inventory # 043982
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Slight bend and discoloration on dust jacket otherwise like new. Never read. Seller Inventory # ABE-1689183571562
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