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Gospodari Rima #1 (Part 3 of 3)
Пръв сред римляните - Част III: Спасителят на Рим
Сага за велики събития и за фатални човешки слабости, населена с незабравими мъже и жени – воини и сенатори, любовници и съпруги, високопоставени личности и хора от народа, – на които Колийн Макълоу вдъхва нов живот. Водовъртеж от зрелища, страсти, великолепие, хаос: всички те – олицетворение на Древния Рим.
Това е историята на Гай Марий – плебей и новобогаташ, жаден за власт, – и на Луций Сула – патриций до мозъка на костите си, но без пукната пара. Тяхната безскрупулност и смелост ще промени из основи Римската република, вече разкъсвана от противоречия и заплахи срещу териториалната ѝ цялост.
„Спасителят на Рим“ разкрива задкулисните действия на Сула, който, разочарован от своя идол Гай Марий, се съюзява с противниците му. Настъпило е време разделно, кой ще победи в борбата за власт?
Това е историята на Гай Марий – плебей и новобогаташ, жаден за власт, – и на Луций Сула – патриций до мозъка на костите си, но без пукната пара. Тяхната безскрупулност и смелост ще промени из основи Римската република, вече разкъсвана от противоречия и заплахи срещу териториалната ѝ цялост.
„Спасителят на Рим“ разкрива задкулисните действия на Сула, който, разочарован от своя идол Гай Марий, се съюзява с противниците му. Настъпило е време разделно, кой ще победи в борбата за власт?
- GenresHistoricalFiction
440 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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About the author
Colleen McCullough
129 books3,131 followersColleen Margaretta McCullough was an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being The Thorn Birds and Tim.
Raised by her mother in Wellington and then Sydney, McCullough began writing stories at age 5. She flourished at Catholic schools and earned a physiology degree from the University of New South Wales in 1963. Planning become a doctor, she found that she had a violent allergy to hospital soap and turned instead to neurophysiology – the study of the nervous system's functions. She found jobs first in London and then at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
After her beloved younger brother Carl died in 1965 at age 25 while rescuing two drowning women in the waters off Crete, a shattered McCullough quit writing. She finally returned to her craft in 1974 with Tim, a critically acclaimed novel about the romance between a female executive and a younger, mentally disabled gardener. As always, the author proved her toughest critic: "Actually," she said, "it was an icky book, saccharine sweet."
A year later, while on a paltry $10,000 annual salary as a Yale researcher, McCullough – just "Col" to her friends – began work on the sprawling The Thorn Birds, about the lives and loves of three generations of an Australian family. Many of its details were drawn from her mother's family's experience as migrant workers, and one character, Dane, was based on brother Carl.
Though some reviews were scathing, millions of readers worldwide got caught up in her tales of doomed love and other natural calamities. The paperback rights sold for an astonishing $1.9 million.
In all, McCullough wrote 11 novels.
Source: http://www.people.com/article/colleen...
Raised by her mother in Wellington and then Sydney, McCullough began writing stories at age 5. She flourished at Catholic schools and earned a physiology degree from the University of New South Wales in 1963. Planning become a doctor, she found that she had a violent allergy to hospital soap and turned instead to neurophysiology – the study of the nervous system's functions. She found jobs first in London and then at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
After her beloved younger brother Carl died in 1965 at age 25 while rescuing two drowning women in the waters off Crete, a shattered McCullough quit writing. She finally returned to her craft in 1974 with Tim, a critically acclaimed novel about the romance between a female executive and a younger, mentally disabled gardener. As always, the author proved her toughest critic: "Actually," she said, "it was an icky book, saccharine sweet."
A year later, while on a paltry $10,000 annual salary as a Yale researcher, McCullough – just "Col" to her friends – began work on the sprawling The Thorn Birds, about the lives and loves of three generations of an Australian family. Many of its details were drawn from her mother's family's experience as migrant workers, and one character, Dane, was based on brother Carl.
Though some reviews were scathing, millions of readers worldwide got caught up in her tales of doomed love and other natural calamities. The paperback rights sold for an astonishing $1.9 million.
In all, McCullough wrote 11 novels.
Source: http://www.people.com/article/colleen...
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January 1, 2025
Absolutely loved it! As a history fan, I would say it has just the right amount of fiction Vs facts that make the story even better.
March 28, 2020
Ovim romanom Kolin Mekalou majstorski privodi kraju svoju veličanstvenu trilogiju Prvi čovek Rima, neponovljivu priču o jednoj fascinantnoj istorijskoj epohi i ljudima koji su je oblikovali.
Gaj Marije i Sula su po povratku iz rata u Africi konačno obasuti slavom i priznanjima za kojima su toliko čeznuli. Napokon im čak ni njihovi ljuti protivnici, ultrakonzervativni senatori okupljeni oko Marka Emilija Skaura i Kvinta Cecilija Metela, ne mogu uskratiti pravo da povedu svoju sada prekaljenu armiju na sever, i pokušaju da učine ono što nijednom rimskom vojskovođi pre njih nije pošlo za rukom: zaustave ogromnu seobu tri germanska plemena, nepreglednu hordu ratnika, žena i dece, koji su pre mnogo godina krenuli iz svoje postojbine na krajnjem severu kontinenta, i sada žele da se nasele u Italiji.
Dok Marije dovodi do savršenstva svoju nepobedivu ratnu mašinu, Sulu čeka opasan i nesvakidašnji zadatak, zbog koga će putovati zemljama u koje pre njega nijedan Rimljanin nikada nije kročio. Za to vreme, međutim, u samom večnom gradu dva briljantna ali nestabilna čoveka kuju zaveru koja preti da uništi sve što Marije, Sula i njihova prekaljena vojska pokušavaju da odbrane.
Put pobede je kulminacija jednog velikog epa, iz pera verovatno danas najdarovitijeg svetskog autora istorijske književnosti.
March 2, 2024
Izuzetno.
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