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In Augustus, his third great novel, John Williams took on an entirely new challenge, a historical narrative set in classical Rome, exploring the life of the founder of the Roman Empire. To tell the story, Williams turned to the epistolary novel, a genre that was new to him, transforming and transcending it just as he did the western in Butcher’s Crossing and the campus novel in...(展开全部)

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 Repub...(展开全部)

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 Repub...(展开全部)

In Augustus, his third great novel, John Williams took on an entirely new challenge, a historical narrative set in classical Rome, exploring the life of the founder of the Roman Empire. To tell the story, Williams turned to the epistolary novel, a genre that was new to him, transforming and transcending it just as he did the western in Butcher’s Crossing and the campus novel in...(展开全部)

Representing five major areas of Augustan scholarship - historiography, poetry, art, religion, and politics - the nineteen contributors to this volume bring us closer to a balanced, up-to-date account of Augustus and his principate.

"Augustus" tells the story of Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen who, on the death of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of the Roman Empire. He is destined to rule that world astonishingly well, given the odds and intrigues against him. He would later be known as Augustus Caesar (63 B. C. - 14A. D.), the first Roman emper...(展开全部)

"Augustus" tells the story of Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen who, on the death of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of the Roman Empire. He is destined to rule that world astonishingly well, given the odds and intrigues against him. He would later be known as Augustus Caesar (63 B. C. - 14A. D.), the first Roman emper...(展开全部)

克里斯·霍顿 来自爱尔兰，这是一个让诸多插画师和设计师青睐有加的名字。克里斯·霍顿从事自由插画与设计创作已经有12年了，曾为英国《卫报》《独立报》以及其他出版机构绘制插画。他还是一个创意无限的童书作家，为全世界的孩子创作图画书。 他的三部作品《小小迷路了》《别这样，小乖！》《嘘！我们有个计划》深受各国评审和孩子的青睐，已经被翻译成19种语言，先后在9个国家揽获十余项大奖。不论是童书作家还是设计师，克里斯·霍顿都是一个不应该被忘记的名字。

克里斯·霍顿 来自爱尔兰，这是一个让诸多插画师和设计师青睐有加的名字。克里斯·霍顿从事自由插画与设计创作已经有12年了，曾为英国《卫报》《独立报》以及其他出版机构绘制插画。他还是一个创意无限的童书作家，为全世界的孩子创作图画书。 他的三部作品《小小迷路了》《别这样，小乖！》《嘘！我们有个计划》深受各国评审和孩子的青睐，已经被翻译成19种语言，先后在9个国家揽获十余项大奖。不论是童书作家还是设计师，克里斯·霍顿都是一个不应该被忘记的名字。