Caesar: Let The Dice Fly [First Edition, First Printing] Mccullough, Colleen

Fine unread condition ruby red boards, black spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Colleen McCullough; Author Dedication; List of Maps and Illustrations; Author's Afterword; and Glossary. Illustrated with black-and-white portrait drawings, maps, and two-color map illustrated front and rear endpapers. Remainder mark at lower page edge. "McCullough is terrific . Her characters quiver with life." - The New York Times Book Review. "McCullough is on fire . Caesar is one of her strongest and most fascinating characters." - San Francisco Chronicle. "It is 54 B.C. Gaius Julius Caesar is sweeping through Gaul, crushing the fierce, long-haired warrior-kings who stand in his way. His victories in the name of Rome are epic, but the leaders of the Republic are not pleased - they are terrified. Where will the boundless ambition of Rome's most brilliant soldier stop? He must be destroyed before he can overthrow the government and install himself as Dictator. When Cato and the Senate betray him, Caesar, in a momentous decision at the river Rubicon, resolves to turn his genius against his ungrateful country. Backed by a loyal and skilled army, he marches on Rome. But before reaching his goal, he must contend with Pompey the Great, a formidable adversary who underestimates the renegade Caesar. These are tumultuous times - for Caesar, who endures personal tragedies even as he wages war; for Pompey, who must wrestle with his fear that his greatness is at an end; for Brutus, who is caught in a hopeless love for his married cousin Porcia; for Cicero, whose luminous rhetoric is shattered by threat of violence; and for the citizens of Rome, whose destiny lies in Caesar's hands. The fifth novel in Colleen McCullough's unforgettable Masters of Rome series, Caesar brings to life the passion and genius of an incomparable man." - from the inner front jacket flap.