Augustus Son of Caesar Richard Foreman 9781514119990 Books
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Rome 44 BC.
Caesar is dead - murdered by Marcus Brutus and his fellow conspirators.
Mark Antony now holds power in Rome, through his position as consul and the legions under his command.
Brutus has fled the capital, along with Cassius Longinus. Cicero is a shadow of the force he once was.
The Senate are unable or unwilling to oppose Antony but Octavius, Caesar's heir, is daring to defy Rome's new dictator.
Octavius - along with Marcus Agrippa and the centurion Lucius Oppius - must first negotiate the treacherous politics of the capital and then recruit an army, in order to defeat their enemies.
War is inevitable. The fate of Rome will be decided on the battlefield rather than in the Forum.
Caesar is dead. Long live Caesar.
Augustus Son of Caesar is the sequel to the bestselling historical novel Augustus Son of Rome. Richard Foreman again assembles a cast of characters from history to produce a story full of insight, action and wit. A must-read for fans of Conn Iggulden, Simon Scarrow, Ben Kane and Plutarch.
Richard Foreman's books have been widely praised.
Praise for 'Augustus Son of Rome'
'Augustus Son of Rome forges action and adventure with politics and philosophy. This superb story is drenched in both blood and wisdom - and puts Foreman on the map as the coming man of historical fiction'. - Saul David, Author of the Zulu Hart series.
Augustus Son of Caesar Richard Foreman 9781514119990 Books
I agree with the previous reviewer that although this is an interesting novel, at times it does get tedious with the philosophizing, letters back and forth, and pondering. I enjoy Roman history and found this to be true to other historians and novelists in the treatment of Octavian/Augustus. However, I did find the author's use of anachronistic cliches to be very distracting and quite annoying. For example, is it really necessary to sprinkle Shakespearean quotes as utterances of the characters? I doubt very much that Caesar actually said "I am as constant as the northern star" as the Bard uses it in his play. Or that anyone in ancient Rome would note that "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players"; surely, the point could be made without quoting a different Shakespeare play! Or that the Roman ancestors of Micheal Corleone would utter "ut amicos non prope hostibus vestris propius" ("keep your friends close but your enemies closer"). There are many many more of these examples.I felt the entire novel could have been condensed by about a quarter in length as a result.
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Augustus Son of Caesar Richard Foreman 9781514119990 Books Reviews
I enjoy new history, have never read the complete history of Julius and Augustus. Very interesting. Always looking for new subjects to learn about.
Julius Caesar is assassinated and in his will he names Octavius as his heir and adopted son. Octavius, who will later be known as Caesar Augustus, must now fight both politically and militarily to obtain his inheritance and the seat of power.
It may be historical fact but it does seem strange that an 18 year old boy who was more student and reader of philosophy should suddenly become interested in taking over the seat of power in Rome. Even more so that politicians and armies would rise up to support him. Even after reading, it becomes not too clear of how that all came about. Certainly Decimus, who was a general of his legions, could challenge Antony and his legions to battle. But young Octavius travels to Rome and soon has an army himself based on paying the soldiers large wages and getting political support. I wonder how Octavius got all the money to do that? It was said that he borrowed a lot but I saw no collateral that he could offer the money lenders as security. Anthony had confiscated Caesar's treasury and estates before Octavius could get possession. That may not all be clear although history will bear out that it happened.
There is good battle action and descriptions in this novel. One can also get a look at the political machinations that were taking place and the plots and sub plots of the various politicians including Cicero. The book would drag at times as the characters engaged in pages of introspection and philosophical rhetoric. The love life of Octavius' friend Agrippina also started to become rather tedious and cliche. This was an okay read but not up to the level of the first book in the series.
Terrible when compared to Foreman's other works.
Excellent- Richard does great job keeping reader enthralled. jvr.
Wasn't quite as gripping as it should've been.
close historically and good character development
Although much is known about his well known adoptive father Gaius Julius Caesar, in relative terms little is known about his successor, Octavian, better known in history as Caesar Augustus. By the time of Julius Caesar's death it could fairly be said that the ancient Republic had rotted from the Senate down, and that such rot was well settled in by the rule of the Consul's Marius and Sulla (before Sulla became a Dictator of Rome.
While his father did do some violence to the ancient state of Republican Rome, it was a combination of Julius Caesar and Caesar Augustus that set it on the path to survive for another 500 years in the western empire and for another 940 years in the eastern Roman empire, better known as the Byzantine Empire. But it was really just the one empire with many changes in colour and seat of power. Indeed Emperor Justinian, by his
brilliant general Belisarius who reconquered Italy, for a time anyway.
I agree with the previous reviewer that although this is an interesting novel, at times it does get tedious with the philosophizing, letters back and forth, and pondering. I enjoy Roman history and found this to be true to other historians and novelists in the treatment of Octavian/Augustus. However, I did find the author's use of anachronistic cliches to be very distracting and quite annoying. For example, is it really necessary to sprinkle Shakespearean quotes as utterances of the characters? I doubt very much that Caesar actually said "I am as constant as the northern star" as the Bard uses it in his play. Or that anyone in ancient Rome would note that "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players"; surely, the point could be made without quoting a different Shakespeare play! Or that the Roman ancestors of Micheal Corleone would utter "ut amicos non prope hostibus vestris propius" ("keep your friends close but your enemies closer"). There are many many more of these examples.
I felt the entire novel could have been condensed by about a quarter in length as a result.
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