Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)

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Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome #7)

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A sweeping epic of ancient Rome from the #1 bestselling author of The Thorn Birds

In this breathtaking follow-up to The October Horse, Colleen McCullough turns her attention to the legendary romance of Antony and Cleopatra, and in this timeless tale of love, politics, and power, proves once again that she is the best historical novelist of our time.

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A sweeping epic of ancient Rome from the #1 bestselling author of The Thorn Birds

Caesar is dead, and Rome is, again, divided. Lepidus has retreated to Africa, while Antony rules the opulent East, and Octavian claims the West, the heart of Rome, as his domain. Though this tense truce holds civil war at bay, Rome seems ripe for an emperor a true Julian heir to lay claim to Caesar's legacy. With the bearing of a hero, and the riches of the East at his disposal, Antony seems poised to take the prize. Like a true warrior-king, he is a seasoned general whose lust for power burns alongside a passion for women, feasts, and Chian wine. His rival, Octavian, seems a less convincing candidate: the slight, golden-haired boy is as controlled as Antony is indulgent and as cool-headed and clear-eyed as Antony is impulsive. Indeed, the two are well matched only in ambition.

And though politics and war are decidedly the provinces of men in ancient Rome, women are adept at using their wits and charms to gain influence outside their traditional sphere. Cleopatra, the ruthless, golden-eyed queen, welcomes Antony to her court and her bed but keeps her heart well guarded. A ruler first and a woman second, Cleopatra has but one desire: to place her child on his father, Julius Caesar's, vacant throne. Octavian, too, has a strong woman by his side: his exquisite wife, raven-haired LiviaDrusilla, who learns to wield quiet power to help her husband in his quest for ascendancy. As the plot races toward its inevitable conclusion with battles on land and sea conspiracy and murder, love and politics become irrevocably entwined.

McCullough's knowledge of Roman history is detailed and extensive. Her masterful and meticulously researched narrative is filled with a cast of historical characters whose motives, passions, flaws, and insecurities are vividly imagined and expertly drawn. The grandeur of ancient Rome comes to life as a timeless human drama plays out against the dramatic backdrop of the Republic's final days.

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Published September 1st 2008 by HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd (first published January 1st 2007)

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Oct 01, 2008 Elaine rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have been waiting for this book since I finished McCullough's previous book from this august series (no pun intended)The October Horse. It has been years. So my expectations were high, but the actual experience was not.

Have I changed in my reading tastes or was this book labored? I slogged through endless lists of names and details that were sometimes only tangential to the plot. I suppose that is part of the author's gift, but the actual historical events were so exciting I was impatient to s...more

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May 12, 2013 Louise rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, rome-fiction

There are clues early on that this will be a new twist of an old story. Antony suspected in Caesar's murder? Caesarion, not a brat but a precocious co-regnant with his own ideas on government? Has this been speculated before?

As the book progresses McCullough develops her theme, the reader comes to believe that this is IT: The true interpretation of this variously interpreted story.

Like all McCullough books, this one is an achievement. Because she is always meticulous, I expect every the fact of...more

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Jul 29, 2011 Juanita Carter added it · review of another edition

This book took me a long time to get through! I thought it was good except that the author really bogs it all down by including way too many words that a typical modern reader won't grasp. I think she should have made some of the names a little less similar for less confusion as well as left out historical details that are actually NOT RELEVANT to the plot at all. Too many side notes about people who did something great, but had no involvement in the story except that a character passed the plac...more

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Jul 03, 2011 Patrícia rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: histórico, romance

Definitivamente um grande livro para quem gosta de romances históricos. A beleza de um livro destes é que faz de uma historia antiga uma nova história. Sabemos quase tudo de Cleópatra, a mais famosa rainha do Egipto, de Marco António, o grande derrotado da história de Roma e de Octaviano, perdão, César Augusto, o primeiro homem de Roma, o primeiro imperador de Roma.
O sétimo livro desta saga, desta vez com três protagonistas. Cleópatra, Marco António e Octaviano. A ligação entre os 3 é Júlio Césa...more

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Feb 25, 2011 Jim rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is actually a bit of a letdown from the previous six books. My understanding is that McCullough intended the series to end with The October Horse, and it shows. Although "Antony and Cleopatra" is sprawling with history and is quite entertaining, it does feel more obligatory and less passionate than its predecessors, which felt more like a single, massive tale.

Brief recap: The October Horse ends with Julius Caesar assassinated and many of the conspirators dead, including Brutus and Cassius....more This is actually a bit of a letdown from the previous six books. My understanding is that McCullough intended the series to end with The October Horse, and it shows. Although "Antony and Cleopatra" is sprawling with history and is quite entertaining, it does feel more obligatory and less passionate than its predecessors, which felt more like a single, massive tale.

Brief recap: The October Horse ends with Julius Caesar assassinated and many of the conspirators dead, including Brutus and Cassius. Marcus Antonius (Caesar's cousin) and Octavian (Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted heir) form two-thirds of Rome's Second Trimverate, along with the largely irrelevant Lepidus. Antony and Octavian have essentially carved up the Mediterranean world, with Antony ruling the East like an Alexander, and the still-too-young-for-the-Senate Octavian left to deal with the mess that is Rome proper. Antony seems to have the better of the deal, but his oversized passions and appetites catch up with him as he ages. Octavian, meanwhile, is the underdog with youth, patience, subtlety, and a core of supremely able allies to guide him toward the final confrontation.

Each has his setbacks and triumphs, and the Triumvirs cooperate and undermine each other as they see fit. Antony's tendency to live in the present puts him at the disadvantage to Octavian, who plans years ahead. The real challenge in this book is that McCullough seems to have little affection for Antony, magnifying his flaws to create a deeply unsympathetic portrait of the man. Granted, Antony didn't fare much better in CAESAR and The October horse, where his earlier antics were at least somewhat tempered by the lower body count and youthful, er, charm of the outlandish younger man. The bitterness and self-doubt of the co-ruler of the world, after Caesar's near-complete snubbing in his will in favor of the too-young, asthmatic Octavian, results in a horrific death toll in battlegrounds throughout the East.

Octavian, likewise, isn't a deeply sympathetic character, but at least the qualities that lead him to become the architect of Imperial Rome are showcased believably, and however insidious some of Octavian's manipulations are, one is left at the end of the book with the sense that Rome is far safer in his hands than in Antony's, which was certainly true. Even before Caesar ditched the presumed heir, Antony had committed massacres, insurrections, and instabilities inside Rome, disqualifying him in Caesar's eyes from the right to rule.

Cleopatra, meanwhile, who was fairly sympathetic when connected with Julius Caesar, becomes in many ways everything Octavian's propagandists paint her to be: a deadly threat to Rome. Far from the epic love stories elsewhere, this Cleopatra discovers her love for Antony only near the end of her life; prior to that she is a calculating politician, using Antony to her ends. Though one gets the sense that the two richly deserve each other, even if the rest of the world doesn't deserve them.

As in the other books, McCullough makes the ancient world her canvas, including further Spain and Gaul in the West and the farthest reaches of the East. You feel the scope and the limits of Roman influence. The challenges of ruling Rome are also depicted from a variety of angles: piracy and grain prices, ambitions of those who see the vulnerabilities of the still-young, still unproven Octavian, jealousies and intrigues of the Noble Families, and living up to the Divine image and practical expectations of Caesar when others can carry it off with so much less effort. For centuries Romans had a cursus honorum, the course of honor, which decreed at what age a proper Roman politician rose to prominence. The last decades of the Republic saw many breaches of this - from the seven consulships of Marius to the Dictatorship of Sulla, Pompey's early-twenties generalships, the too-young consulship of Young Marius and Pompey, the first Triumverate, and on and on. By the time Octavian grabbed the brass ring at age 18, the Usual was no longer so common. Even so, Octavian revolutionized Roman politics, and this book gives a good feel for how he went about it - and it's often anything but pretty.

That's the irony of this book. The man who ushered in the decades of Pax Romana had to change his name to begin the new era for a changed Rome. The events in this book walk us through the last nails in the coffin of the Roman Republic.(less)

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Jul 25, 2011 Manu Prasad rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The seventh book of the Masters of Rome series. Unfortunately, I skipped the three before this (just couldn't find them at my regular places!) but the book thankfully works stand alone too.

This book marks the transition of Rome from a republic to an empire with the principal character, despite the book title, being Octavian, heir to Caesar's name and fortune, over the other hopeful Mark Antony.

The book spans the period from 41-27 BC, beginning with the aftermath of the Battle of Philippi and th...more

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Feb 17, 2011 Tom Landry rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was actually a pretty good book I almost never finished. The problem I had with it was that when she was describing the overview of what was going on at the time there were so many locations and people I could not keep track of what was going on and became a bit frustrated. I needed a map and a character log or something. She also tended to use words I have never heard of (they call them $100 words or something like that) but I was able to figure out what she was talking about. After about...more

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Jan 02, 2008 Brian rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

By itself it is a very good book, but because to is in the Masters of Rome series, it can only recive 4 stars. It would have been five stars, except the Mrs. McCullough did not put an explanation at the conclusion of the novel like she normally has in the rest of the series. It may seem trival but I thought it was very important to these books.

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Jun 06, 2012 Nicole rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Honestly, I started this book last year and only got 30 pages into it before I quit it because it was slow-moving. I'm not sure what I was smoking because I didn't feel that way this time around. This turned out to be an outstanding book. The author has an amazing grasp on historical detail and I commend her highly for using original Latin terms throughout the book. It gives it an air of authenticity because, obviously, this story *happened* in Latin and Greek. Due to the taint of Shakespeare's...more

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Jan 19, 2009 Debbie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I've been a huge fan of Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series ever since she published The First Man In Rome way back in 1990, but by the time she got around to writing the sixth (and I assumed final) book, The October Horse, I felt that her storytelling skills were on the wane.

What a surprise and delight then to find this book which continues the wondeful soap opera of Roman history and has Colleen back at her yarn spinning best. Despite the title, this book is really about the rise of Ju...more

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Feb 10, 2012 Holly Weiss rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ancient-world, historical-fictionistas

7th book of the "Masters of Rome" series. McCullough intended to end the series with The October Horse. Despite the title, Cleopatra is less important than the political struggle to control the world between Octavian (Caesar's heir), who claims the east (Rome) and Antony, who rules the west. Caesarean, child of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar figures prominently.

By aligning herself with Mark Antony, Cleopatra hoped to keep Octavian (Julius Caesar's heir and Rome's probable next ruler) from absorbing...more

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Jul 06, 2012 Karen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The latest chapter of 'The Masters of Rome' series. (I wonder if there will be more? I hope so!) Lovely to read history as a story rather than just a litany of facts and dates. Not that Ms McCullough doesn't know her stuff - her research is impeccable. It's just that - as much as I love reading history (oh, and I do!) - it can get a little dry sometimes when it's just 'So and so did this,' and 'then this other person did that,' and it all happened 'somewhere' and 'sometime.' This series about Ro...more

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Apr 30, 2011 Ed rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Historical fiction fans

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Although, this book does not quite measure up to the previous six, nevertheless, it is a well written, interesting, meticulously researched story.

Caesar's death, and the military defeat of his assassins, gives rise to another triumvirate. Lepidus goes to Africa, Antony rules the East, and Octavian controls the West, including the City of Rome. This arrangement temporarily prevents a civil war. Most of Rome seems to want a true heir to Caesar. Antony, angry that Caesar named Octavian as his heir,...more

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Aug 14, 2012 Cassandra Silva rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction

Despite the fact that this was book 7 in the Masters of Rome series, I decided to pick it up as a standalone and see how it fared as this is a classic story that I love retold generally in any fashion. The author focuses heavily on Octavian and Octavia however (nice insert of Augustus here) and leaves the development of the love between Antony and Cleopatra to simmer as she plots and skids through other developments in Rome. Its not that I don't appreciate this as the time period is fascinating...more

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Jul 15, 2010 Murray rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical, biography, romance

Perhaps the first thing to say is that this book is stand alone - you do not have to have read all 6 books of the Masters of Rome series that went before. As always McCullough uses the real (and imagined) events of history to give her story a gripping structure. And she develops her characters in a way that you can fully believe in. The vanity of Anthony and the extraordinary will power of Cleopatra are fully believable, as is the tragedy that gradually unfolds. Equally gripping is understanding...more

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Jun 17, 2009 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Despite the title, this book focuses more on the development of Octavian, who was named Caesars heir and therefore has to stuggle to live up to Caesars rule - it took a little time to get into the story, but once I did I was fully engrossed. The book is split into different sections concerning the major characters, which made it more interesting moving through each of their experiences: Cleopatra, Caesarion, Mark Anthony, Octavian and his wife Livia Drusilla, and also his sister Octavia, who mar...more

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Jun 05, 2012 Kimberly added it · review of another edition

I had a bit of previous knowledge on Cleopatra and her association with Rome and the men ruling it, so I found the book to be very entertaining. I will agree that it would be rather labor intensive to read if there was not a previous understanding of the historical figures. I have actually only read this book by Colleen McCullough so i'd love to go back and read her others since I seem to be hearing they are better. The Memoirs of Cleopatra is a great way to read about her and Antonious too. Not...more

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May 17, 2012 Becca rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This seems like a tacked on addition to the Masters of Rome series, and since it was apparently written because of fan desire, it's possible that's what it is. I like the characterization/interpretation and humanity of Antony and Cleopatra, but I feel Octavian was a mystery. Maybe he was supposed to be. I so wanted to take him to my heart and found I just didn't. I also wanted more Agrippa, but that's just because of my history crush on him :)

I was also looking forward to the author's note at th...more

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Dec 07, 2008 Kate rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Kate by: My daughter Rachel

Shelves: historical-fiction

What can I say - I love Colleen McCullough and have read all of her Rome series. She is a fantastic historian and the people and places come alive under her pen. Her portrayal of Octavius somewhat surprised me as he seemed a much more benevolent and concerned with the good of the people than I'd expected. I will have to do a bit of nonfiction research to check this out. If you like lengthy and detailed historical novels this one is a good one. Reading of the others in this series isn't a prerequ...more

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Apr 13, 2011 Georgiana 1792 rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Vorrei essere stata l’aspide che ha dato il mozzico a Cleopatra, ma mooolto prima!
Sì lo so che così è la Storia, ma quanto era insopportabile quella donna?.
Per la verità sono pochissimi i personaggi di questo romanzo che si salvano. Tanto per cominciare avrei voluto saltare a piè pari tutti i capitoli in cui compariva Marco Antonio, un bambino capriccioso che andava sempre da mamma Cleopatra a piagnucolare perché Ottaviano, di ben 11 anni più giovane di lui, gli rubava i giocattoli.
Cleopatra, ch...more

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Sep 25, 2010 Suzana Vuksanovic added it

An amazing, epic book. I started out hating Marc Antony and liking Octavian (his rival Triumvir in Rome, later calling himself 'Caesar Augustus') but by the time the story concluded ended up liking Antonious and hating Octavianus. Well maybe not in such black-and-white terms, because the books attention to character development makes the reader appreciate the motivations, the REASONS behind the characters' actions - and in this Colleen McCullough is a master.
As faulty as Marc Antony - and Cleop...more

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Dec 02, 2009 Kandice rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I always fall deeply into McCullough's books. Her writing style is so accessible, that even when the story is mired in history, geography, latin, unfamiliar words, hard to remember names...I still live it as I read!

I love the story of A&C and have read many versions. The uber-romantic ones appealed to me when I was younger (of course), but now that I have "matured" McCullough's version seems so much more realistic. Antony was a boor. By all accounts he was handsome, charming and strong, but...more I always fall deeply into McCullough's books. Her writing style is so accessible, that even when the story is mired in history, geography, latin, unfamiliar words, hard to remember names...I still live it as I read!

I love the story of A&C and have read many versions. The uber-romantic ones appealed to me when I was younger (of course), but now that I have "matured" McCullough's version seems so much more realistic. Antony was a boor. By all accounts he was handsome, charming and strong, but at the same time, he was a womanizer, drank to excess and suffered feelings of inadequacy. These are the same faults that kept Gaius Julius Caesar from naming him his succesor. This was a blow Antony never recovered from.

Cleopatra, except in the most romantic versions of her life was not a great beauty. Her appeal lay in her intelligence, regality and speaking voice. There is no doubt she was an effective ruler. Caesar helped her develop her leadership skills after securing her throne. I find it believable that they shared a true love. Yes, the relationship was mutually beneficial, but only love would account for the longevity of their time as a couple. Antony arrived on the scene when she is already firmly ensconced in her reign. Caesar not only paves the way for Cleopatra's life, but, in essence paved the way to her for Antony.

Cleopatra's wealth was a great way for Antony to further his campaign. He didn't seek her out for an affair of the heart. She was a woman, he liked women, she needed a "godlike" man to father her children. They were infinitely useful to one another. I'm sure they developed real feelings, especially as their children were born, but their's was a relationship of convenience. Out of sight, out of mind seemed to be their approach to seperations. It was perfectly acceptable and utterly realistic.

As she always does, McCullough brought Egypt and Rome to life for me. Each place Antony or Octavian visited felt very tangible, real, right here, right now, not centuries past. The politics are always the most intriguing aspects of any book on ancient civilization. Here, although the title is Antony and Cleopatra, we learn as much about Octavian's politics and motivations as theirs. No author will make me hate him less, but McC lets me understand him, at least.

It's hard to read the end of any story about these doomed lovers, but here, it's told in a tasteful, understandable way. We expect it, yes, but we can also understand it. Not just for the cruel deaths they suffer, but for the political maneuvering that made their deaths innevitable and unavoidable.(less)

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Aug 26, 2011 Carolyne rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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First let me say, I own all the books in this series and excluding "The October Horse" have read the first five several times. And enjoyed them all immensely. I am sure this might be a good book if it might be a stand alone. But unfortunately, it is the last book in a series which, over the course of several books, developed characters I cared deeply. We grow up with Caesar, and with Sulla, Marius, Servillia, Marcus Brutus, Aurelia; We get to know them, even though we first meet them as adults....more

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May 20, 2008 Debi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Colleen McCullough has done it again, though her skill is exposed as one more fit to history and intrigue than to passionate romance. This book captivated me as any book that describes the years of Augustus' supremacy will always captivate me. Her depiction of Augustus and Livia (two cold fish in a pond) was both fun and fascinating. As always, McCullough's strength lies in getting into the minds, not the hearts, of her characters. She is at her best when exploring the political twists and turns...more

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Jan 28, 2008 Rebecca rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The seventh book in the Founders of Rome series is as juicily entertaining as ever, although (much like the second season of HBO's "Rome") it occasionally feels like McCullough's writing on fast-forward, covering major events in a few gossipy but abrupt paragraphs. This has the advantage of packing events in and moving the narrative along nicely, and the disadvantage of depriving the characters of what could have been a much greater degree of complexity. No doubt part of the problem lies in the...more The seventh book in the Founders of Rome series is as juicily entertaining as ever, although (much like the second season of HBO's "Rome") it occasionally feels like McCullough's writing on fast-forward, covering major events in a few gossipy but abrupt paragraphs. This has the advantage of packing events in and moving the narrative along nicely, and the disadvantage of depriving the characters of what could have been a much greater degree of complexity. No doubt part of the problem lies in the fact that McCullough simply has not succeeded in creating another character as alluring as the dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the flawed and feral aristocrat who dominated the first half of the series. By now, her kid-glove treatment of her beloved blond Caesars - Julius and Octavian, as well as an ever-perfect series of Julian women always radiantly happy to be married off for political gain - has come to seem a tad saccharine. By presenting us with this family of Aryan supermen who can do no wrong, McCullough bypasses all the sweaty politicking, double-dealing, and outright buggery (figurative and literal) that are well-attested in the sources, ironically buying into the very same propaganda that Octavian elaborated to whitewash them. Meanwhile, her Antony, smeared by the same two-thousand-year-old brush, appears as a relative nonentity, weak, indecisive, and ruled by his appetites, while her Cleopatra, rather improbably, is portrayed as totally dominated not by Antony but by her son Caesarion, a miniature clone of his father right down to the inevitable blond curls and precocious displays of genius. None of which should put any geniune lover of Roman history off from reading this book for a minute. There's much to be learned from it, from Antony and Octavian's long struggle to wrest control of Rome's grain supply from Sextus Pompeius, a son of Pompey the Great turned Mediterranean pirate, to satisfying asides about what to do with retiring veterans, settling German tribes on the Rhine, and the annoyances of riding without stirrups, that should delight anyone versed in the archaeological and historical sources. And in between the flourishes that show how impressively McCullough has done her homework, something of major interest is always happening, in the tradition of the best soap operas. It's just that this particular soap opera could have been better, if the Caesars hadn't been so squeaky clean. (less)

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Aug 16, 2011 Becky rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I still love Colleen McCullough, but Antony is just not nearly as interesting a main character as Caesar, or Sulla. I might be more interested if Octavian was the central character, but probably not. I found myself struggling through this book, just because I didn't feel the need to know what happened next.

There are nice little historical cameos by Herod, and other minor kings, which are fun, but all too short.

Worth reading to finish out the series, but I wouldn't suggest it as a standalone.

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Jan 15, 2011 Bonnie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've read all the books in Colleen McCullough's series on Julius Caesar and greatly enjoyed them, so I had to buy this book even though I felt like I'd had enough of Cleopatra. Somehow McCullough makes a subject that has been written about a lot seem fresh. Her characterizations of the many figures in this story are interesting and complex and bring them to life. I have wondered where she gets her information since many of the details of the story are quite different from accounts I've read befo...more

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Mar 17, 2010 Caeseria rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Every engrossing, if you enjoying wading through Roman history and descriptions of battles and maneuvers - as I do. Anyone looking for a sweeping romance novel is in the wrong place!

I'm not overly sure about her depictions of both Anthony and Cleopatra, they seem rather iffy and more suited to the front page of some magazine you pick up in the grocery store. Fortunately, despite the title, most of the book is taken up with Octavian and his political dance against Anthony. It was a thoroughly enj...more

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Oct 22, 2010 Tiffany rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the second McCullough novel I've tried to read. Do I love historical fiction? You bet. Rome? Sure. Rome AND Egypt? Should be a slam dunk! Nonetheless, I found this book to be dry as the endless desert, to quote one of the more poetic passages. I had the same experience with "Caesar's Women" - I'm totally convinced that McCullough has done her homework and knows more about ancient Rome than is strictly necessary. Somehow, though she fails to draw me in to these classic stories, and I feel...more

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Feb 27, 2010 Mollykathleen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A wonderfully researched and written story of Mark Antony, his struggles with Caesar's surprise heir, Octavian, and his relationship and wars with Cleopatra against Octavian's forces. It follows her other stories of Julius Caesar and his predecessors beginning with the novel The Grass Crown. She researched it all in the Vatican and drew her own pictures of what she thought the characters looked like. This is one series of Books that I own and plan to read all again.

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Colleen McCullough AO (born 1 June 1937) is an internationally acclaimed Australian author. Colleen was born in Wellington in central west New South Wales to James and Laurie McCullough.

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