About this title: Following "The First Man in Rome", this is the second novel in a saga of the Roman Republic. Gaius Marius, the general who saved Rome from barbarian invasion, has fallen into decline - but it has been foretold that he will become consul a seventh time. By the author of "The Thorn Birds".
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon, Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780380710829ISBN:038071082X
Description: Fair. 038071082X Mass Market Paperback, previously read used book in acceptable condition, great reading copy, fair amount of shelf wear..._ read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books, Inc
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780380710829ISBN:038071082X
Description: Grade: C. Catalog: Fiction Historical Synopsis: 1077 pages. The career of Gaius Marius-victorious general and six-time consul of Rome-is in decline. But the aging Marius seeks an unprecedented... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780688093693ISBN:0688093698
Description: Good in Good jacket. Type: Hard Cover Type: USED New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough returns us to an age of magnificent triumphs, volcanic passions, and barbaric cruelties. Throughout the Western world, great kingdoms have fallen and despots lay crushed beneath the heels of Rome's advancing legions. But now internal rebellion threatens the stability of the mighty Republic. An aging, ailing Gaius Marius, heralded conqueror of Germany and Numidia, longs for that which was ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780688093693ISBN:0688093698
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
"It's rare for a sequel to be greater than the first one, and I would give this book 6 or 7 stars if I could. McCullough continues the story of Marius & Sulla, with their long-standing loyalty/rivalry, and adds new characters to the saga. There's Pompey and Cicero, comrades in arms of very different personalities, and young Julius Caesar as a precocious child who Marius perceives as a threat to his own legacy."
"Read this when I was younger and on a Rome kick, and really enjoyed the rich historical details and the writing. This was one of those books that kept me up late at night."
"Ok, I can admit it - I'm an ancient Rome junkie, and Colleen McCullough is my dealer. Nobody - not even the venerable Robert Graves, or Marguerite Yourcenar, can write a crackling, entertaining AND factually nails-on story of Ancient Roman politics, history and characters like McCullough. Thanks to her books I can describe the difference between a praetor and a consul, and understand that great Roman leaders didn't just start with Julius Caesar. This book mostly covers the period of the dictator Sulla's rise to fame, the twilight of the great Gaius Marius, and the early childhood and adolescence of both Julius Caesar and Pompey Magnus."
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