10% OFF

Augustus Audiobook

by John Williams
language: english
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing, January of 2011 ‧
27,55€
10% OFF CARD
IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY
Audiobook for WOOK READER

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.

Augustus

by John Williams

Property Description
ISBN: 9781483067032
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Release Date: January of 2011
Language: English
Format: Audiobook
File Size B
File Format and Compatibility:
Categories: eBooks in English > Others
EAN: 9781483067032

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Williams

Autor, editor e professor, John Edward Williams (1922-1994) escreveu quatro romances: Nothing but The Night (1948), Butcher’s Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965) e Augustus (1972), o último dos quais recebeu o National Book Award.
Neto de agricultores, foi criado no Texas e trabalhou em rádios e jornais, até se alistar na força aérea em 1942. Esteve destacado na Índia e na Birmânia até ao fim da Segunda Guerra mundial, período em que escreveu o seu primeiro romance.
Estudou na Universidade de Denver e concluiu o doutoramento em Literatura Inglesa na Universidade de Missouri. Regressaria a Denver, onde conciliou a actividade académica com a literatura, até se retirar em 1985.
Morreu em 1994, deixando um quinto romance inacabado.

(see more)

BY THE AUTHOR