大洋导读： 在古罗马，每年十月的伊德斯日，人们通过祭献最好的战马——十月马，祈求帝国永远拥有无人匹敌的威严和荣光。“十月马”正是恺撒戎马一生和悲情命运的象征。　　帝国的垂暮之年，尤利乌斯·恺撒是一位极富争议性的人物。有人崇拜他，另一些人则鄙视他，但是他在元老院的统治地位却丝毫未受撼动。迫于内战的压力，他不得不置天香国色、精明诡诈的情人 ——埃及艳后克利奥帕特拉于不顾，开始着眼于帝国的未来：谁才是继承罗马帝国最高统治权的合适人选？帝国的阴影之下，谋杀无处不在。谁的智慧和狡计足以颠覆帝国的巨人？谁又可以坦然地直面巨人坍塌后的混乱与纷争？

麦卡洛已是历史小说名家，美国拥趸多多。“罗马主人”系列在美国的知名度，至少相当于唐浩明的《曾国藩》在中国。《十月骏马》为麦卡洛“罗马主人”系列的第六部，也是最后一部。该系列可说是恺撒一生传记，这一部应该讲到恺撒之死。

Each edition includes: · Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play · Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play · Scene-by-scene plot summaries · A key to famous lines and phrases · An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language · An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on...(展开全部)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, ...(展开全部)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, ...(展开全部)

Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only the great Roman emperor’s accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator but also lesser-known chapters during which he was high priest of an exotic cult, captive of pirates, seducer not only of Cleopatra but also of the wives of his two main pol...(展开全部)

阿德里安·戈兹沃西（Adrian Goldsworthy）在牛津大学获得古代史博士学位，曾在多所大学任教。他著作颇丰，被翻译成十几种语言，包括《奥古斯都：从革命者到皇帝》《西方的没落：超级大国罗马的灭亡》和《安东尼与克利奥帕特拉》。他创作了五部小说，讲述拿破仑战争时期一群英国士兵的命运沉浮，其中最新一部是《驱敌靠岸》（Run Them Ashore）。他目前是纽卡斯尔大学的访问学者。

阿德里安·戈兹沃西（Adrian Goldsworthy）在牛津大学获得古代史博士学位，曾在多所大学任教。他著作颇丰，被翻译成十几种语言，包括《奥古斯都：从革命者到皇帝》《西方的没落：超级大国罗马的灭亡》和《安东尼与克利奥帕特拉》。他创作了五部小说，讲述拿破仑战争时期一群英国士兵的命运沉浮，其中最新一部是《驱敌靠岸》（Run Them Ashore）。他目前是纽卡斯尔大学的访问学者。

Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only the great Roman emperor’s accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator but also lesser-known chapters during which he was high priest of an exotic cult, captive of pirates, seducer not only of Cleopatra but also of the wives of his two main pol...(展开全部)