JULIUS CAESAR by Grant, Michael - 1969

McGraw-Hill Book Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Light bumping to 2 corners. Else minor shelfwear. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing with creasing to rear flap. DJ is yellowed esp. To spine. ; 271 pages; This biography of Julius Caesar sets the man in his period. It covers his life from the early days in Rome, dominated by Sulla, Pompey and Crassus, through his campaigns in Europe, and Africa, to his final years as a dictator. It is not, however, simply a narrative of events. Takes into account recent research and new evaluations, the author throws light on Caesar's apparently conflicting charateristics. The numerous black and white illustrations, ranging from buildings, civic and domestic, and portraits (including many of Caesar's contemporaries) to articles of everyday use preserved over the centuries or revealed by excavation, complement the text. In addition, the colour plates recapture something of the splendour and significance of the man and his age and his influence to the present day. 16 colour plates. 150 illustration in black-and-white. .