Approaching the capitol, he was surrounded by the conspirators. The case is otherwise solid and attractive, and with the chemise fully protects the first edtion copy. Caesar walked to the Senate chambers to make his farewell speech before leaving for the war. The morocco on the slipcase's spine is lightly sunned. The dust jacket has minor chips and wear along the edges, now fully protected with mylar. Being a virtuosic stylist, Wilder avoids the stiltedness that afflicts so many attempts to capture Ancient Rome, and this work deserves to be placed alongside the two modern classics of Robert Graves who depicted a slightly later phase of Roman history.
Wilder might not be strongly associated with historical fiction, but he was in fact a devoted classicist, and this foray into historical fiction found a receptive audience - the novel sold extremely well upon its publication. As the title might suggest, this novel is a retellng of the story of Julius Caesar, his times and the society he occupied and dominated.
Like the plays, though, Wilder is venturesome in approach, here embracing the hoary form of the epistolatory novel but applying it in a highly original manner. This is Wilder's first novel after his string of big hits, and instant classics, on Broadway.
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