by Anthony Everitt
A well-written, often amusing, biography of Cicero and his world.
I don't have that much to say about this book. A lot of it I already knew (see that Ancient Rome class in college was good for something). There were points of the book that made me think I was really reading a book about Ceasar, since his life and that of Cicero's overlap so much at some points. ...
I am not sure it was a good idea to read Cicero’s biography, by a historian, right after reading a fictionalized account by a reporter and novelist (especially if the fictionalized account is not yet complete –only two volumes of the trilogy have been published – [a:Robert Harris|575|Robert Harris|h...
Interesting and yet lacking. Proof that a brilliant politician (and writer/orator) does not necessarily make for engrossing reading. The historical figures surrounding Cicero (Julius Caesar, Octavian, Mark Antony, etc.) are so much more interesting and overshadow the central focus of this book. E...
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