McCullough sweeps the reader into the whirlpool of pageantry, passion, splendor, chaos and earth-shattering unheaval that was ancient Rome. Here is the story of Marius, wealthy but lowborn, and Sulla, aristocratic but penniless and debauched...extraordinary men of vision whose ruthless ambition will lay the foundations of the most awesome and enduring empire known to humandkind. A towering saga of great events and mortal fralities, it is peopled with a vast, and vivid cast of unforgettable men and women...soldiers and senators, mistresses and wives, kings and commoners...combined in a richly embroidered human tapestry to bring a remarkable era to bold and breathtaking life... 1991. 1076 pages. PB in good+condition.
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