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The Death of Caesar: The Story of History’s Most Famous Assassination 

byBarry Strauss

Focused on the Story of History’s Most Famous Assassination, The Death of Caesar brings Barry Strauss's biographical portrait to a complex and consequential subject. By tracing causes alongside consequences, the narrative gives readers both a grounded account and a route into the connected fields of biography & autobiography and history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. The Death of Caesar leaves readers with key context and a clear view of the human stakes involved.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication date

Mar 22, 2016

Format

Print edition

Pages

352

ISBN

9781451668810