"The First Man in Rome" by Colleen McCullough published by William Morrow & Co, New York, 1990. First Edition, 1st Printing; illustrated with maps.

Original dust jacket with un-clipped '$22.95' on the front flap [a little wear]; hard boards, red cloth spine, gold lettering; 6.1/4" x 9.1/2"; the endpapers are maps, 896 pages, illustrated with maps and drawings, very good/ fine condition.

"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 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."

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