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THE NOBLEST ROMANS OF THEM ALL WERE HIS CONTEMPORARIES... POMPEY, CÆSAR, BRUTUS, ANTONY, AUGUSTUS With the skill of a novelist, H. J. Haskell brings to life these awesome, dazzling figures from the past. Here are no marbled heroes dusted from the pages of history texts, but flesh-and-blood men and women in the act of living and loving, deceiving and destroying, conniving and conquering. In their battles for the glory and power that lay at the head of the Roman state they stumbled into history and shaped the future. The intrigues and conspiracies of the twentieth century are mirrored in these ancient struggles, and their reflection casts a brilliant light on the perilous political arenas of our own time. A most extraordinary biography of the great Roman orator and statesman. “It is likely to be the best life of Cicero past, present, or to come.”—Saturday Review “CICERO LOOKS WITH SUCH FERRET AND WITH SUCH FIERY EYES AS WE HAVE SEEN HIM IN THE CAPITOL BEING CROSS’D IN CONFERENCE BY SOME SENATOR.”—SHAKESPEARE, Julius Cæsar “A vivid portrait of the Roman orator and statesman...Political intrigues, conspiracies, and aspirations of the period have been presented in modern dress...The biography might well be duplicated in our times—of some conservative politician with a gift for oratory...Recommended for readers who like full-flavored biography in colloquial language.”—Library Journal “Readers can meet a Cicero whose life and personality are considerably more fascinating than grim high school tussles with the orations on Catiline ever brought to light,”