Why Gareth loves this book
This is a reread (about thr 4th or 5th!) - I love the immersion in the world of Ancient Rome. It can be tricky to get all the names straight (sons being called the same as their fathers etc) but the author does a great job of making the charaters unique enough that, certainly for the most important ones, it is not a burden.
9 authors picked The First Man in Rome as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
With extraordinary narrative power, New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweeps the reader into a whirlpool of pageantry and passion, bringing to vivid life the most glorious epoch in human history.
When 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…
