Les maîtres de Rome: César Imperator

Gospodari Rima #5 (Part 2 of 2)

by Colleen McCullough

Da bi uništili najvećeg zaštitnika Rima, osvetoljubivi spletkaroši poput Katona i Bibula neće prezati ni od toga da unesu razdor i u sam grad koristeći sopstveno lukavstvo, položaj i lažna obećanja ne bi li na svoju stranu namamili ostale – beskičmenjaka Cicerona, gramzivog Bruta, pa čak i Pompeja, prvog čoveka Rima i Cezarovog bivšeg saveznika. Ali zla kob jedino je što će zadesiti optimate koji potcenjuju Cezara. Jer, Rim jeste njegova sudbina – sudbina koja će ga slavodobitno odvesti preko obala Rubikona... i dalje, u legendu.

„Bravo, Kolin Mekalou! Ona ponovo odaje priznanje kakvo pripada Cezaru… Roman Cezar predstavlja nam i Julija Cezara i spisateljicu na vrhuncu moći… Sa svim svojim makijavelističkim spletkama i sluhom za zanimljivu istoriju, najnovije delo Kolin Mekalou zaslužuje podaničku pokornost njenih legija obožavalaca.“
Columbus Dispatch

512 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Colleen 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...

Reviews

[Aleksa Vucen]

Da bi uništili najvećeg zaštitnika Rima, osvetoljubivi spletkaroši poput Katona i Bibula neće prezati ni od toga da unesu razdor i u sam grad koristeći sopstveno lukavstvo, položaj i lažna obećanja ne bi li na svoju stranu namamili ostale – beskičmenjaka Cicerona, gramzivog Bruta, pa čak i Pompeja, prvog čoveka Rima i Cezarovog bivšeg saveznika. Ali zla kob jedino je što će zadesiti optimate koji potcenjuju Cezara. Jer, Rim jeste njegova sudbina – sudbina koja će ga slavodobitno odvesti preko obala Rubikona... i dalje, u legendu.

„Bravo, Kolin Mekalou! Ona ponovo odaje priznanje kakvo pripada Cezaru… Roman Cezar predstavlja nam i Julija Cezara i spisateljicu na vrhuncu moći… Sa svim svojim makijavelističkim spletkama i sluhom za zanimljivu istoriju, najnovije delo Kolin Mekalou zaslužuje podaničku pokornost njenih legija obožavalaca.“

Columbus Dispatch

[Arsenovic Nikola]

Savršeno prikazan život i borba Julija Cezara protiv Pompeja Mangusa.

[Alison]

Toujours aussi intéressant de suivre les aventures de César et Pompée ! J’ai adoré !

[Ceraeden]

Comme tous les livres de la série, un excellent moment. Des choix moraux, et un destin inéluctable. César demande le même traitement que Pompée, pour ne pas avoir a subir une montagne de procès à son retour à Rome, mais débouté, se voit obligé de franchir le Rubicon. Tractations politiques, campagnes militaires qui nous mènent de la Gaule en Thessalie, en passant par l'Italie, tout est brillamment écrit et décrit. Un César parfois fatigué, parfois contrarié, mais toujours mesuré, dans toutes ses décisions. Les inimitiés deviennent déclarées, avec un affrontement César / Pompée qui atteint son dénouement, des Bonii dépassés et une Rome éclatée. Jouissif.

[Sabine]

Beaucoup de bagarres juridiques et de guerres, le prix du pouvoir suprême ?

[Zorka Zamfirova]

Odlična.