A01=John Williams
Author_John Williams
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Product details
- ISBN 9780099445081
- Weight: 248g
- Dimensions: 130 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 06 Feb 2003
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Octavian, nineteen and newly orphaned by Julius Caesar’s murder, becomes the heir to Rome and begins the fight to remake the republic into an empire.
Set in ancient Rome from 44 B.C. to A.D. 14, Augustus follows Octavian as he becomes Augustus Caesar, the first Roman Emperor.
After the murder of Julius Caesar, Augustus moves through power struggles, bloody wars, and family strife as Rome is transformed.
Building on impeccable research and vivid character studies, Augustus brings imperial politics to life with a profound humanity.
John Williams was an author, editor and professor. Born in 1922 in Texas, he served in the United States Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945 in China, Burma and India. His first novel, Nothing But the Night, was published in 1948. After receiving his PhD in 1954, Williams returned to the University of Denver where he first studied to teach literature and creative writing for thirty years. It was during this time that he wrote the novels Butcher's Crossing (1960) and Stoner (1965). His last novel, Augustus, won the National Book Award in 1973. John Williams died in Arkansas in 1994.
