Books by Julius Caesar
“One of the reasons why Caesar’s Gallic Wars became a set text for generations and generations of British, German, French and American schoolboys was not just because it showed a hero in his own voice—if you thought of Caesar as a hero—but it also had this extraordinarily disciplined, economical and beautiful use of language.” Read more...
The best books on Julius Caesar
Peter Stothard, Journalist
Interviews where books by Julius Caesar were recommended
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Et Tu, Brute? The Murder of Caesar and Political Assassination
by Greg Woolf -
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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
by William Manchester -
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Caesar and Cleopatra
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The Complete Works of Julius Caesar
by Julius Caesar -
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Imperial Projections in Modern Popular Culture
by Sandra R. Joshel (Ed)
The best books on Julius Caesar, recommended by Peter Stothard
The best books on Julius Caesar, recommended by Peter Stothard
Julius Caesar was a populist politician and general of the late Roman Republic who immortalized himself not only by his beautiful writing about his military exploits, but also by the manner of his death. Here, British journalist and critic Peter Stothard, author of The Last Assassin, chooses five books to help you understand both the man and what motivated him and some of the people who have been inspired by him in the 2,000 years since he died.
