The October Horse
Subtitle: A Novel About Caesar and Cleopatra
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780712680561
First sentence: "I knew I was right-a very slight earthquake," Caesar said as he put the bundle of papers on his desk.
Description: Rome, 48BC. Scene of one of the greatest political battles - and one of the most passionate love affairs - of all time. Julius Caesar is in the prime of his life and at the height of his powers. But behind the myth lies a man beset with contradictions. Happily married, he is also the lover of the enigmatic Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. A great general, he wishes to bring to an end Rome's endless wars. Conscious of his own power, and contemptuous of lesser men, he is determined not to be worshipped as a living god or crowned emperor. But Caesar is a man whose very greatness attracts envy and jealousy to a dangerous degree, and as the political intrigues which surround him reach their climax, his destruction becomes inevitable. As the Ides of March approach, one of the most powerful stories in history reaches its dramatic conclusion...