Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

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‘This is narrative history at its best … It really held me, in fact, obsessed me … Bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, brilliant oratory, amazing feats of conquest and cruelty. Holland’s lucid account of this alien civilisation moves at a fine pace. He makes no facile comparisons with our times, but you sense you are witnessing through him the enduring difficulty of reconciling power and peace’

Ian McEwan, Books of the Year

‘It’s terrific and I’m so grateful to [Tom Holland] for reminding me, so vividly, of not just the Roman Empire but of the people it produced and influenced’

Joanna Trollope, Observer Books of the Year 2005

‘I am afraid I have read nothing but books about the Roman Empire, the most gripping of which was Tom Holland’s Rubicon’

Boris Johnson, Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year 2005

‘Holland writes throughout with wonderful zest … this is a terrific read and a remarkable piece of scholarship. As an introduction to Roman history, it is unlikely to be bettered’

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