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The first book in the epic Masters of Rome series.

Rome. 110BC. A city which is home to Gaius Marius, prosperous but lowborn, a proud and disciplined soldier emboldened by his shrewdness and self-made wealth. It is also home to Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a handsome young aristocrat corrupted by powerty, a shameless pleasure seeker.

Two men of extraordinary vision, men of ruthless ambition, both blessed and cursed by the special favour of Fortune. men fated to lay the foundations of the most awesome empire ever known, and to play out a mighty struggle for power and glory - for Marius and Sulla share a formidable ambition: to become First Man in Rome.


© Colleen McCullough 1990 (P) Penguin Audio 2012

 Historical Fiction Political Science Fiction Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Rome

Critic Reviews

The author's narrative flows as easily as Father tiber . . . A grandly meaty historical novel . . . rich with gracefully integrated research and thundering to the beat of marching roman legions
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Great storytelling, but the file chapters keep slipping back and forth and ruining the experience. Hopefully this will come to audibles attention soon and will be fixed promptly.

Would be good listening if the file was uniform

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While the story is amazing, and the reader well spoken, the tracks skips backwards every 5 mins and you're forced to re-listen to the same section.... Again and again and again....

The story repeats/ skips back every 5 mins...

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