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Gospodari Rima #3 (Part 1 of 3)
Любимци на съдбата - Част I: Изменници
В романите е описана историята на двамата основатели на най-могъщата империя в света. Гай Марий – богаташ с плебейски произход, и Сула – обеднял аристократ.
Във времената на величествени победи и варварска жестокост вътрешен бунт заплашва да разруши устоите на великата Римска империя. Гай Марий се изправя срещу ново поколение убийци и интриганти, както и срещу Луций Корнелий Сула.
Политическите страсти в Рим се уталожват, но продажността, нехайството и пълният морален упадък на мнозина знатни граждани слагат началото на поредица от шумни скандали. В политическия живот неусетно се налага младият Гай Юлий Цезар, който се стреми да докаже на всички, че неслучайно е наследник на богинята Венера. Докато той гради кариера в Рим или из източните провинции, двама души един подир друг се опитват да унищожат Римската република. Опитният пълководец Квинт Серторий се стреми да създаде империя в Испания, а беглецът гладиатор Спартак покорява като на шега Италия. Така или иначе плановете им за заличаване на Римската република се провалят и Рим се оказва в ръцете на Гней Помпей Велики и Марк Лициний Крас. Вместо да си съперничи с Помпей и с Крас, Цезар се превръща техен посредник…
Във времената на величествени победи и варварска жестокост вътрешен бунт заплашва да разруши устоите на великата Римска империя. Гай Марий се изправя срещу ново поколение убийци и интриганти, както и срещу Луций Корнелий Сула.
Политическите страсти в Рим се уталожват, но продажността, нехайството и пълният морален упадък на мнозина знатни граждани слагат началото на поредица от шумни скандали. В политическия живот неусетно се налага младият Гай Юлий Цезар, който се стреми да докаже на всички, че неслучайно е наследник на богинята Венера. Докато той гради кариера в Рим или из източните провинции, двама души един подир друг се опитват да унищожат Римската република. Опитният пълководец Квинт Серторий се стреми да създаде империя в Испания, а беглецът гладиатор Спартак покорява като на шега Италия. Така или иначе плановете им за заличаване на Римската република се провалят и Рим се оказва в ръцете на Гней Помпей Велики и Марк Лициний Крас. Вместо да си съперничи с Помпей и с Крас, Цезар се превръща техен посредник…
404 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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About the author
Colleen McCullough
129 books3,130 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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