Author: Marcus Tullius CiceroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
CICERO'S MASTERPIECES
Author: Marcus Tullius CiceroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Cicero
Author: Anthony EverittPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588360342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “An excellent introduction to a critical period in the history of Rome. Cicero comes across much as he must have lived: reflective, charming and rather vain.”—The Wall Street Journal “All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.”—John Adams He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted Mark Antony and was master of the smear campaign, as feared for his wit as he was for his ruthless disputations. Brilliant, voluble, cranky, a genius of political manipulation but also a true patriot and idealist, Cicero was Rome’s most feared politician, one of the greatest lawyers and statesmen of all times. In this dynamic and engaging biography, Anthony Everitt plunges us into the fascinating, scandal-ridden world of ancient Rome in its most glorious heyday—when senators were endlessly filibustering legislation and exposing one another’s sexual escapades to discredit the opposition. Accessible to us through his legendary speeches but also through an unrivaled collection of unguarded letters to his close friend Atticus, Cicero comes to life as a witty and cunning political operator, the most eloquent and astute witness to the last days of Republican Rome. Praise for Cicero “ [Everitt makes] his subject—brilliant, vain, principled, opportunistic and courageous—come to life after two millennia.”—The Washington Post “ Gripping . . . Everitt combines a classical education with practical expertise. . . . He writes fluidly.”—The New York Times “In the half-century before the assassination of Julius Caesar . . . Rome endured a series of crises, assassinations, factional bloodletting, civil wars and civil strife, including at one point government by gang war. This period, when republican government slid into dictatorship, is one of history’s most fascinating, and one learns a great deal about it in this excellent and very readable biography.”—The Plain Dealer “Riveting . . . a clear-eyed biography . . . Cicero’s times . . . offer vivid lessons about the viciousness that can pervade elected government.”—Chicago Tribune “Lively and dramatic . . . By the book’s end, he’s managed to put enough flesh on Cicero’s old bones that you care when the agents of his implacable enemy, Mark Antony, kill him.”—Los Angeles Times
Cicero, Pro Caelio
Author: Marcus Tullius CiceroPublisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 0865164614
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Cicero the advocate
Author: Marcus Tullius CiceroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin literature
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Masterpieces and the History of Literature
Author: Julian HawthornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Imperium
Author: Robert HarrisPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743293878
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii, comes the first novel of a trilogy about the struggle for power in ancient Rome. In his “most accomplished work to date” (Los Angeles Times), master of historical fiction Robert Harris lures readers back in time to the compelling life of Roman Senator Marcus Cicero. The re-creation of a vanished biography written by his household slave and righthand man, Tiro, Imperium follows Cicero’s extraordinary struggle to attain supreme power in Rome. On a cold November morning, Tiro opens the door to find a terrified, bedraggled stranger begging for help. Once a Sicilian aristocrat, the man was robbed by the corrupt Roman governor, Verres, who is now trying to convict him under false pretenses and sentence him to a violent death. The man claims that only the great senator Marcus Cicero, one of Rome’s most ambitious lawyers and spellbinding orators, can bring him justice in a crooked society manipulated by the villainous governor. But for Cicero, it is a chance to prove himself worthy of absolute power. What follows is one of the most gripping courtroom dramas in history, and the beginning of a quest for political glory by a man who fought his way to the top using only his voice—defeating the most daunting figures in Roman history.
Crowned masterpieces of eloquence
Author: David J. BrewerPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5875051345
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
As collected in The world's best orations, from the earliest period to the present time.
Masterpieces of Eloquence
Author: Mayo Williamson HazeltinePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Speeches, addresses, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Masterpieces of Latin Literature
Author: Gordon Jennings LaingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Masterpieces of World Literature in Digest Form
Author: Frank Northen MagillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Gives synopses of novels, plays, epics, essays, philosophical works, and poetry, along with principle characters and date of first publication or presentation.