El Caballo del Cesar

from amandacb

I am an avid egyptologist, adore Julius Caesar, love Cleopatra, and pretty much (metaphorically) devour anything historically and fictionally related to the above. So, when I saw October Horse on the "New Books" stand in the library, I snapped it up. Once I began reading it, though, I felt like I...

from mbmackay

The last volume of the "Roman series". Perhaps not as flowing a story as earlier volumes but still a great read, and I wouldn't have missed it for anything! Read April 2004

from surreality

Plot: The time span between Pharsalus and Philippi. This book gets back on track with action-driven plotlines - first Caesar, then Octavian and Mark Antony as the central figures. There are fewer side plots and background stories than before, and a few gossipy stories belonging into this time fra...

from TanyaRead

A fascinating look at how and why (hypothetical!) Caesar made his (great) nephew his heir and what the very young (18) man did with that. Follow up in Antony and Cleopatra.

from santhony

Book six in the Masters of Rome series, this novel picks up with Caesar mopping up the remnants of his civil war opponents, his consolidation of power, assassination and the turmoil which results. As you might imagine, Cleopatra plays a prominent role.