{"product_id":"the-first-man-in-rome-by-colleen-mccullough-1234g","title":"The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the world cowered before the legions of Rome, two extraordinary men dreamed of personal glory: the military genius and wealthy rural upstart Marius, and Sulla, penniless and debauched but of aristocratic birth. Men of exceptional vision, courage, cunning, and ruthless ambition, separately they faced the insurmountable opposition of powerful, vindictive foes. Yet allied they could answer the treachery of rivals, lovers, enemy generals, and senatorial vipers with intricate and merciless machinations of their own -- to achieve in the end a bloody and splendid foretold destiny ... and win the most coveted honor the Republic could bestow.  Editorial Reviews  From Publishers Weekly Gaius Marius, brilliant military leader and six-term Roman consul, heads the cast of a hefty historical novel replete with politics, social infighting, bloody battles and domestic drama. Evoking with impeccably researched, meticulous detail the political and social fabric of Rome in the last days of the Republic, McCullough demonstrates a thoroughgoing understanding of an age in which birth and blood lines determine one's fate, said PW . $200,000 ad\/promo.  Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.  Review A truly astonishing work...fiction at its best -- -- Time  One of the ten best books of the year -- -- People Magazine  About the Author  Colleen McCullough is the author of The Thorn Birds, Tim, An Indecent Obsession, A Creed for the Third Millennium, The Ladies of Missalonghi, The First Man in Rome, The Grass Crown, Fortune's Favorites, Caesar's Women, Caesar, and other novels. She lives with her husband on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41852121350218,"sku":"1234g","price":6.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/1234g.jpg?v=1764534222","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-first-man-in-rome-by-colleen-mccullough-1234g","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}