Colleen McCullough
Paperback | Pages: 1110 pages Rating: 4.29 | 5140 Users | 174 Reviews
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| Title | : | The October Horse: A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome #6) |
| Author | : | Colleen McCullough |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 1110 pages |
| Published | : | October 28th 2003 by Pocket Books (first published November 26th 2002) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction |
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A SWEEPING EPIC OF ANCIENT ROME FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THORN BIRDSWith her renowned storytelling gifts in full force, Colleen McCullough delivers a breathtaking novel that is both grand in scope and vivid in detail -- and proves once again why she is the top historical novelist of our time.In the last days of the Roman Republic, Gaius Julius Caesar is both adored and despised -- but his rule is unshakable. Forced by civil war to leave his beguiling mistress Cleopatra, Caesar turns his eye to the future: who is to inherit the throne of Roman power? But in the shadows of the empire, the talk is of murder. Who among his associates has the cunning and skill to fell the fierce leader -- and brave the dangerous consequences of that cataclysmic act?
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| Original Title: | The October Horse: A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra |
| ISBN: | 0671024205 (ISBN13: 9780671024208) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Masters of Rome #6 |
| Characters: | Gaius Cassius Longinus, Brutus, Cleopatra, Marcus Agrippa, Marcus Antonius, Augustus, Julius Caesar, Marcus Tullius Cicero |
| Setting: | Alexandria(Egypt) Rome(Italy) |
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Ratings: 4.29 From 5140 Users | 174 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books The October Horse: A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome #6)
Story: 10 (Every important event in a focused narrative)Characters: 9 (Hail Caesars. Nay Antony)Accuracy: 10 (Basically perfect even if I sometimes disagree)The book starts with an awkward Previously on Masters of Rome... moment when Caesar, exhausted on the road from Tarsus to Alexandria, decides to go through all the events of the previous book to remind us all of what happened and where everyone is. Its a poor start to a book that, unlike the previous volumes, picks up right where the lastThere is very little that hasn't already been said about McCullough's phenomenal "Masters of Rome" series. Meticulously researched and detailed, each is an entertaining, engaging and educational experience. The October Horse spans Caesar's time in Egypt and his murder (sob!), through the warring and deaths of most, if not all, of his assassins in 42 BC. Just one tome remains to complete the series, and I'm already quite sad about it. The amount of anxiety I felt in the pages leading up to
In the first portion of the book McCullough helps us know Caesar at the height of his career as the man he might have been. McCullough's take on the romance between Cleopatra and Caesar differs from Shakespeare's as she devles into Plutarch and other sources. Her explanation for Octavian's actions is that he may have had asthma which is more consistent with his personality. Caesar is later murdered by 23 conspirators and the story switches to following the assassians, Mark Antony, and Octavian's
McCullough is a masterful storyteller and her love and mastery of Roman history shines brightly in her Roman fiction. This book in her Masters of Rome series gives us the story of Julius Caesar in his prime, the beginnings of discontent within a faction of the Patricians in Rome, the plot and execution thereof to kill him, the rivalry between Octavius and Mark Anthony following his death and the ultimate rise of Octavian, who would eventually become known as Augustus Caesar, Julius Caesar's
Caesar has dominated most of this series. His death way before the end of this volume would have seemed a disaster if it weren't for the story racing onward with such vigour that I was fast caught up in the aftermath. My only real sadness is that there is only one more volume to go. Ms McCullough had intended to end here but was apparently chivvied by her readers to go on with the story of Antony and Cleopatra.I found her theories, especially the medical ones, most interesting and pretty
Not quite as good as the rest of the series, yet still excellent.
This sixth book in the Masters of Rome series covers the period from just after Pompey's defeat at Pharsalus and death in Egypt, through the end of the civil war, Caesar's assassination, Octavian's adoption as Caesar's son, the formation of the Second Triumvirate, and ending with the defeat and death of Brutus and Cassius at Philippi. The section on Cato's trek along the North African coast was especially interesting, although I was disappointed at the lack of a map to accompany the text. The
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