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      Augustus

      by John Edward Williams
      Published
      Nov 2004
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      336
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      A brilliant and beautifully written novel in the tradition of Robert Graves' I, Claudius, Augustus is a sweeping narrative that brings vividly to life a compelling cast of historical figures through their letters, dispatches, and memoirs.

      A mere eighteen years of age when his uncle, Julius Caesar, is murdered, Octavius Caesar prematurely inherits rule of the Roman Republic. Surrounded by men who are jockeying for power–Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, and Mark Antony–young Octavius must work against the powerful Roman political machinations to claim his destiny as first Roman emperor. Sprung from meticulous research and the pen of a true poet, Augustus tells the story of one man's dream to liberate a corrupt Rome from the fancy of the capriciously crooked and the wildly wealthy.

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      First Edition Nov 2004 Vintage ISBN13 9781400076734 ISBN10 1400076730
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      Feb 2003 Vintage ISBN13 9780099445081 ISBN10 0099445085
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      Mar 2009 Knopf ISBN13 9780307513595 ISBN10 0307513599
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      Aug 2014 NYRB Classics ISBN10 B00ILSVAB6
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      Feb 2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc. ISBN10 B004M35I3U
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