Imperial Loyalty Turns Roman History Into Human Drama
Roman history feels far more intimate when viewed through the eyes of the strategist closest to Augustus. Loyalty, military power and friendship under strain give this novel a human route into politics, showing how imperial ambition depended on dangerous choices close to the seat of power.
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Imperial Loyalty Turns Roman History Into Human Drama
Roman history feels far more intimate when viewed through the eyes of the strategist closest to Augustus. Loyalty, military power and friendship under strain give this novel a human route into politics, showing how imperial ambition depended on dangerous choices close to the seat of power.
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- Book Synopsis
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Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever.
One is Caesar’s 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius’s closest friend, Agrippa. To claim Octavius’s inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire – and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes the Emperor Augustus. For twenty years, they rule the world together.
Now Agrippa is fifty. Ailing and alone, betrayed by his wife’s infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the Bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs. Yet to stir up the past can be dangerous. From his earliest meetings with Julius Caesar, through the epic conflict with Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the great naval battle of Actium and the endless wars to expand the empire, he describes how one man has dominated his life: the cunning, ruthless, unknowable Octavius.
When it comes to power, does friendship exist at all?
Ideal for readers who:
- Are drawn to Roman historical fiction shaped by strategy, loyalty and ambition.
- Follow Agrippa’s life beside Augustus through memory, power and sacrifice.
- Prefer political stories where friendship becomes as dangerous as rivalry.
- Appreciate novels that make ancient history feel immediate and human.
- About The Author
- Robert Harris is the author of sixteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2, Act of Oblivion and Precipice. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.
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- ISBN
- 9781529154429
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Hutchinson Heinemann, (27 August 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 480
- Weight
- 700 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 x 40 mm
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