Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar by Tom Holland (English) Paper

Description: Dynasty by Tom Holland A masterful history of Romes first imperial dynasty by the award-winning author of Rubicon, Persian Fire and In the Shadow of the Sword. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after conquering the world, the Republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in blood. So terrible were the civil wars that the Roman people finally came to welcome the rule of an autocrat who could give them peace. Augustus, their new master called himself: The Divinely Favoured One.The lurid glamour of the dynasty founded by Augustus has never faded. No other family can compare for sheer unsettling fascination with its gallery of leading characters. Tiberius, the great general who ended up a bitter recluse, notorious for his perversions; Caligula, the master of cruelty and humiliation who rode his chariot across the sea; Agrippina, the mother of Nero, manoeuvring to bring to power the son who would end up having her murdered; Nero himself, racing in the Olympics, marrying a eunuch, and building a pleasure palace over the fire-gutted centre of his capital.Now, in the sequel to Rubicon, Tom Holland gives a dazzling portrait of Romes first imperial dynasty. DYNASTY traces the full astonishing story of its rule of the world: both the brilliance of its allure, and the blood-steeped shadows cast by its crimes. Ranging from the great capital rebuilt in marble by Augustus to the dank and barbarian-haunted forests of Germany, it is populated by a spectacular cast: murderers and metrosexuals, adulterers and druids, scheming grandmothers and reluctant gladiators. DYNASTY is the portrait of a family that transformed and stupefied Rome. Notes A history of Romes first imperial dynasty, now in paperback. From the award-winning author of Rubicon, Persian Fire and In The Shadow Of The Sword. Ranges from Augustus to Tiberius, Caligula, Agrippina and Nero, its a history populated by a spectacular cast. Author Biography Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. His bestselling books include Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; Persian Fire, which won the Anglo-Hellenic Leagues Runciman Award; Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom; In the Shadow of the Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World; Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar; and Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind. Holland has adapted Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides and Virgil for the BBC. His translation of Herodotus was published in 2013 by Penguin Classics and followed in 2016 by a history of thelstan published under the Penguin Monarchs series, and in 2019 thelfl d Englands Forgotten Founder as a Ladybird Expert Book. In 2007, he was the winner of the Classical Association prize, awarded to the individual who has done most to promote the study of the language, literature and civilisation of Ancient Greece and Rome. Holland hosts (with Dominic Sandbrook) the no.1 podcast The Rest is History. He has written and presented a number of TV documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4, on subjects ranging from religion to dinosaurs. He served two years as the Chair of the Society of Authors; as Chair of the PLR Advisory Committee and was on the committee of the Classical Association. @holland_tom Review A compelling detective story of the highest order, In the Shadow of the Sword is also a dazzlingly colourful journey into the world of late antiquity. Every bit as thrilling a narrative history as Hollands previous works, [it] is also a profoundly important book - Sunday Times on In the Shadow of the SwordWritten with flamboyant elegance and energetic intensity, Holland delivers a brilliant tour de force of revisionist scholarship and thrilling storytelling with a bloodspattered cast of swashbuckling tyrants, nymphomaniacal empresses and visionary prophets . . . Unputdownable - The Times on In the Shadow of the Sword Prizes Long-listed for PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2016 (UK) Long Description Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after conquering the world, the Republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in blood. So terrible were the civil wars that the Roman people finally came to welcome the rule of an autocrat who could give them peace. Augustus, their new master called himself: The Divinely Favoured One.The lurid glamour of the dynasty founded by Augustus has never faded. No other family can compare for sheer unsettling fascination with its gallery of leading characters. Tiberius, the great general who ended up a bitter recluse, notorious for his perversions; Caligula, the master of cruelty and humiliation who rode his chariot across the sea; Agrippina, the mother of Nero, manoeuvring to bring to power the son who would end up having her murdered; Nero himself, racing in the Olympics, marrying a eunuch, and building a pleasure palace over the fire-gutted centre of his capital.Now, in the sequel to Rubicon , Tom Holland gives a dazzling portrait of Romes first imperial dynasty. DYNASTY traces the full astonishing story of its rule of the world: both the brilliance of its allure, and the blood-steeped shadows cast by its crimes. Ranging from the great capital rebuilt in marble by Augustus to the dank and barbarian-haunted forests of Germany, it is populated by a spectacular cast: murderers and metrosexuals, adulterers and druids, scheming grandmothers and reluctant gladiators. DYNASTY is the portrait of a family that transformed and stupefied Rome. Review Quote Hollands masterly account of this first wicked century of the Roman empire is, at its heart, a political analysis . . . the story he tells strides onwards across the landscape of grief and horror without pause or stutter . . . Holland is unshockable as he proceeds with breezy, clear-eyed analysis from one degrading display of cruelty and paranoia to the next . . . It is down to his skill as a storyteller that theres no difficulty in imagining that it might all happen again tomorrow Promotional "Headline" A masterful history of Romes first imperial dynasty by the award-winning author of Rubicon , Persian Fire and In the Shadow of the Sword . Description for Sales People A return to Rome for Tom Holland Details ISBN0349123837 Author Tom Holland Pages 544 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2016 ISBN-10 0349123837 ISBN-13 9780349123837 Format Paperback Publication Date 2016-06-02 Media Book Imprint Abacus Subtitle The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 937.07 Language English Short Title Dynasty UK Release Date 2016-06-02 Illustrations Section: 24, b/w and col photos Audience General AU Release Date 2016-08-08 NZ Release Date 2016-08-08 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97799021;

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