num_pages: 878
description: They were blessed by the gods at birth with wealth and privilege. In a time of cataclysmic upheaval, a bold new generation of Romans vied for greatness amid the disintegrating remnants of their beloved Republic. But there was one who towered above them all — a brilliant and beautiful boy whose ambition was unequaled, whose love was legend and whose glory was Rome's. A boy they would one day call "Caesar." Author Colleen McCullough's name is synonymouswith bestselling fiction. She is the author of nineextraordinary TIM, AN INDECENT OBSESSION,A CREED FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM,THE LADIES OF MISSALONGHI, THE FIRST MAN IN ROME,THE GRASS CROWN, FORTUNE'S FAVORITES,CAESAR'S WOMEN, and the acclaimed Internationalphenomenon, THE THORN BIRDS.
language: English
title: Fortune's Favorites
titlecomplete: Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3)
characters: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Spartacus, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor)
genres: Historical, Literature, Novels, Ancient, Italy, Roman, Ancient History, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 8126
places: Rome
series: Gospodari Rima, Masters of Rome
publisher: William Morrow and Company