Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

NATIONAL BESTSELLER â€¢Â â€œAn excellent introduction to a critical period in the history of Rome. Cicero comes across much as he must have lived: reflective, charming and rather vain.â€â€”The Wall Street Journal

â€œAll ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.â€â€”John Adams

He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted Mark Antony and was master of the smear campaign, as feared for his wit as he was for his ruthless disputations. Brilliant, voluble, cranky, a genius of political manipulation but also a true patriot and idealist, Cicero was Romeâ€™s most feared politician, one of the greatest lawyers and statesmen of all times.Â

In this dynamic and engaging biography, Anthony Everitt plunges us into the fascinating, scandal-ridden world of ancient Rome in its most glorious heydayâ€”when senators were endlessly filibustering legislation and exposing one anotherâ€™s sexual escapades to discredit the opposition. Accessible to us through his legendary speeches but also through an unrivaled collection of unguarded letters to his close friend Atticus, Cicero comes to life as a witty and cunning political operator, the most eloquent and astute witness to the last days of Republican Rome.

Praise for Cicero

â€œ [Everitt makes] his subjectâ€”brilliant, vain, principled, opportunistic and courageousâ€”come to life after two millennia.â€â€”The Washington Post

â€œ Gripping . . . Everitt combines a classical education with practical expertise. . . . He writes fluidly.â€â€”The New York Times

â€œIn the half-century before the assassination of Julius Caesar . . . Rome endured a series of crises, assassinations, factional bloodletting, civil wars and civil strife, including at one point government by gang war. This period, when republican government slid into dictatorship, is one of historyâ€™s most fascinating, and one learns a great deal about it in this excellent and very readable biography.â€â€”The Plain Dealer

â€œRiveting . . . a clear-eyed biography . . . Ciceroâ€™s times . . . offer vivid lessons about the viciousness that can pervade elected government.â€â€”Chicago Tribune

â€œLively and dramatic . . . By the bookâ€™s end, heâ€™s managed to put enough flesh on Ciceroâ€™s old bones that you care when the agents of his implacable enemy, Mark Antony, kill him.â€â€”Los Angeles Times
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
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ReleaseDate 2003-05-06
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EANs 9780375758959

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2003-05-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375758959

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

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