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„Mekalou je sjajna... njeni likovi su prepuni života.“
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U čitavom zapadnom svetu, velika kraljevstva i moćni despoti leže srušeni, pod čizmama rimskih legija. Ipak, u tom dobu veličanstvenih trijumfa i varvarske okrutnosti, opstanku i stabilnosti moćne republike prete unutrašnji nemiri. A ostareli, bolesni Gaj Marije, slavni osvajač Numidije i Germanije, žudi za ostvarenjem jednog davnog proročanstva, za onim što nijednom čoveku pre njega nije pošlo za rukom: za sedmim izborom za rimskog konzula. To je cilj do koga se može doći samo krvlju i izdajstvom, i Marije mora da se nosi s novim naraštajem ubica, političara željnih moći i senatskih spletkaroša – što ga dovodi u sukob sa ambicioznim, nesrećnim Lucijem Kornelijem Sulom, nekada svojim najvernijim pratiocem, a sada najopasnijim takmacem.
Za to vreme, na obalama Crnog mora rađa se nova sila, na čijem prestolu sedi neustrašiv, blistav i svirep vladar, kralj Mitridat, čovek sa kakvim se Rimljani još nisu hvatali u koštac...
„Mekalou je sjajna... njeni likovi su prepuni života.“
New York Times Book Review
U čitavom zapadnom svetu, velika kraljevstva i moćni despoti leže srušeni, pod čizmama rimskih legija. Ipak, u tom dobu veličanstvenih trijumfa i varvarske okrutnosti, opstanku i stabilnosti moćne republike prete unutrašnji nemiri. A ostareli, bolesni Gaj Marije, slavni osvajač Numidije i Germanije, žudi za ostvarenjem jednog davnog proročanstva, za onim što nijednom čoveku pre njega nije pošlo za rukom: za sedmim izborom za rimskog konzula. To je cilj do koga se može doći samo krvlju i izdajstvom, i Marije mora da se nosi s novim naraštajem ubica, političara željnih moći i senatskih spletkaroša – što ga dovodi u sukob sa ambicioznim, nesrećnim Lucijem Kornelijem Sulom, nekada svojim najvernijim pratiocem, a sada najopasnijim takmacem.
Za to vreme, na obalama Crnog mora rađa se nova sila, na čijem prestolu sedi neustrašiv, blistav i svirep vladar, kralj Mitridat, čovek sa kakvim se Rimljani još nisu hvatali u koštac...
380 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Colleen McCullough
129 books3,134 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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