EMPEROR: THE GATES OF ROME by Iggulden, Conn - 2003

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2003. Paperback. Good. The early life of Julius Caesar is recreated in a novel that brilliantly in terweaves history and adventure. An epic tale of ambition and rivalry, brav ery and betrayal, from an outstanding new voice in historical fiction -- al ready a top-ten bestseller in hardback. From the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the Senate, from the foreign wars that created an empire to the betrayals that almost tore it apart, the Emperor novels tell the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest Roman of the m all: Julius Caesar. Brilliantly interweaving history and adventure, The G ates of Rome introduces an ambitious young man facing his first great test. In the city of Rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the Republ ic to its core. Citizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict -- and Juli us Caesar will be in the thick of the action.