Isbn: 9781590178218 - augustus: 1973 winner of the national book award (new york review books classics) (10 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 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 Republic. Surrounded by men who are jockeying for power--Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, and Mark Antony--young Octavius must work against the powerful Roman political machinations to claim his destiny as first Roman emperor. Sprung from meticulous research and the pen of a true poet, Augustus tells the story of one man's dream to liberate a corrupt Rome from the fancy of the capriciously crooked and the wildly wealthy.…

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Condition Notes: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reissue edition. 305 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: As New.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reissue edition. 305 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2014. Reissue. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reissue edition. 305 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE 1973 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD By the Author of Stoner 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 Stoner. Augustus is the final triumph of a writer who has cometo be recognized around the world as an American master.…

Zustand: New. John Williams (1922&ndash1994) was born and raised in northeast Texas. Despite a talent for writing and acting, Williams flunked out of a local junior college after his first year. He reluctantly joined the war effort, enlisting in the Army Air Corp.