Name: I am Rome: A Novel
SKU: 63553059
Price: 334.00 ZAR
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Author: Santiago Posteguillo
ISBN: 9780593598061

Type

Physical Book

Author

Santiago Posteguillo

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Language

English

Pages

624

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780593598061

I am Rome: A Novel

Santiago Posteguillo (Author) · Ballantine Books · Paperback

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Synopsis "I am Rome: A Novel"

Discover the runaway #1 international bestseller that has captured readers the world over―and reminds us all why we remember the name Julius Caesar. "Posteguillo shows just how thrilling a historical novel can be."―El País Every legend has a beginning . . .Rome, 77 B.C. The corrupt Senator Dolabella is about to go on trial for his crimes. But Dolabella owns the jury. He's hired the best lawyers in the city. And he's very willing to use violence against those who oppose him. In all of Rome, no man dares accept the role of prosecutor--until, against all odds, an unknown twenty-three-year-old steps out to lead the case, defend the people of the city, and defy the power of the ruling elite. That lawyer's name is Gaius Julius Caesar. So begins Santiago Posteguillo's acclaimed masterpiece of historical fiction―a tale as epic as Caesar's life itself. An irresistible page-turning novel of politics and betrayal, grand battles and impossible odds, shocking villainy and even greater acts of courage, I Am Rome brilliantly animates the moments that shaped this extraordinary young man's fate--and in so doing, changed the course of history itself.

Santiago Posteguillo

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Santiago Posteguillo (Spain, 1967) is a novelist and philologist born in Valencia, specialized in historical fiction set in ancient Rome. He is the author of successful trilogies such as that of Scipio (Africanus, the Son of the Consul, The Accursed Legions, The Betrayal of Rome) and that of Trajan. His novel I, Julia won the Planeta Prize in 2018, consolidating his prestige as one of the leading authors of historical fiction in Spanish. In addition to his literary work, he is a university professor of English language and literature and has published numerous academic essays.

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