Let international bestselling author Colleen McCullough transport you back in time to Rome to 48 BC: scene of one of the greatest political battles and one of the most passionate love affairs of all time. This is an evocative and enthralling historical novel that will have you gripped.Fans of Conn Iggulden, Madeleine Miller and Simon Scarrow will not be disappointed.''An enormous rich mountain of a book, which will appeal to people who like their history in great succulent dollops'' -- Sunday Times''Incomparable..Engrossing... Breathtakingly detailed... McCullough has triumphed again'' -- Chicago Tribune''Intrigue, political manoeuvring, grandstanding, gossip, sex, both affectionate and calculated, and wholesale slaughter... McCullough works to charge history with the current of personality.'' -- Booklist''A really engrossing read'' -- ***** Reader review''A masterpiece'' -- ***** Reader review''In a peerless class of its own'' -- ***** Reader review''Entertaining and engrossing'' -- *