The Makers of Rome: Nine Lives
Format: kindle
ASIN: B0049U4IUA
Publish date: October 30th 1965
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 372
Edition language: English
This is a selection from Plutarch's Parallel Lives focusing on notable Romans of the Republic. Interestingly, three of the lives covered here were the direct inspiration for Shakespeare - Coriolanus, Brutus and Marc Anthony. Plutarch knows how to spin a yarn and furthermore how to make a character c...