Hardcover book with illustrated dust jacket present, dust jacket has surface and extremity wear including several small tears along the top edge, binding is complete and solid, top edge has light foxing and a small light stain on surface, foredge is rough cut format, book itself is very clean with no wear to inside or outside, all pages present. Overall condition of the book and dust jacket is Good - near Good +. Please see photos for more information on the condition of the book and dust jacket. 8vo/octavo size at spine, 378 pages, contents pages, preface, chronology section, maps section, family tree section, introduction, acknowledgements section, notes section, sources section, index, illustrated with a b&w line drawings of maps, published by Random House/Random House Publishing Group/Random House, Inc., New York, NY, 2006 (2006), stated First US Edition, printed in the United States.
A clean copy with some very small condition issues, very suitable for adding to your historical biography bookshelf, or gifting to your favorite Roman Empire bibliophile. From the dust jacket flap notes: “ He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome’s first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundation for all of Western history to follow. Yet despite Augustus’s accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man himself, instead choosing to chronicle the age in which he lived. Here, Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of CICERO, gives a spellbinding and intimate account of his illustrious subject. At a time when many consider America an empire, this stunning portrait of the greatest emperor who ever lived makes for enlightening and engrossing reading. Everitt brings to life the world of a giant, rendering it faithfully and sympathetically in human scale. A study of power and political genius, AUGUSTUS is a vivid, compelling biography of one of the most important rulers in history.”
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