Description
Product ID: | 9780099445081 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Augustus |
Subtitle: | A Novel |
Authors: | Author: John Williams |
Page Count: | 352 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Historical fiction |
Description: | Select Guide Rating After the brutal murder of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of Rome. He is destined, despite vicious power struggles, bloody wars and family strife, to transform his realm and become the greatest ruler the western world had ever seen. By the author of Stoner, the surprise international bestseller |
Imprint Name: | Vintage Classics |
Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2003-02-06 |