![]() (Again the contrast with McLynn, who sneers at his subject throughout, is instructive.)Įspecially welcome are Freeman's easy to follow and compelling accounts of Caesar's campaigns in Gaul and the portraits he includes of such figures as Cicero, Pompey and a number of Roman generals who support and/or oppose Caesar as his march to supreme power progresses. Freeman's prose is clear and not at all verbose (contrast this book with Frank McLynn's biography of Marcus Aurelius and you'll want to buy Freeman a nice lunch) and better still, the narrative he constructs communicates a very real enjoyment of its material. But if you do, what you'll miss is one of the few I've found that's not just informative but truly a pleasure to read. If you've already read a dozen books about Julius Caesar, you can probably pass this one by without missing any information. Why another book about Caesar? Read it and see. ![]()
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