| The First Man in Rome Contributor(s): McCullough, Colleen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061582417 ISBN-13: 9780061582417 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: With astounding narrative power, Colleen Mccullough--author of the internationally acclaimed #1 bestseller "The Thorn Birds"--sweeps the reader into the whirlpool of pageantry, passion, splendor, chaos and earth-shattering upheaval that was ancient Rome. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - World War I - Fiction | Romance - Historical - 20th Century - Fiction | Romance - Romantic Comedy |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Masters of Rome |
| Physical Information: 1.93" H x 5.36" W x 7.94" (2.00 lbs) 1152 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
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| Publisher Description: 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. 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): McCullough, Colleen: - Colleen McCullough is the author of The Thorn Birds, Tim, An Indecent Obsession, A Creed for the Third Millennium, The Ladies of Missalonghi, The First Man in Rome, The Grass Crown, Fortune's Favorites, Caesar's Women, Caesar, and other novels. She lives with her husband on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific. |