Fortune's Favorite

Name: Fortune's Favorite
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Colleen McCullough
ISBN: 9780743547390

Author: Colleen McCullough

Narrator: Michael York

Abridged: 5 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 11/01/1993

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

Return to Ancient Rome - where politics, ambition, and greed collide in the fortunes of two fiercely powerful men: Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the great general who returns from exile to be installed as dictator, and then stuns Rome with his startling self-imposed retirement; and Pompey, the young scion of an enormously powerful rural family, who determines to leapfrog over the traditional milestones to Roman political pre-eminence by any means necessary.

Passionate, ambitious, and larger than life, these men play out their fortunes against rebellious elements in Spain, dangerous rumblings in the East and the doomed slave revolt of the tragic figure Spartacus. But a greater threat to their place in history awaits - the fiery young warrior Julius Caesar, exploding now into manhood, his priest's robe shed in a most surprising manner. A newcomer to military glory and the Senate, he earns a formidable reputation as diplomat, lawyer and politician.

In fascinating and unrivaled grandeur, Fortune's Favorites sows the seeds of Caesar's terrible rivalry with Pompey, and sets into motion the events which will finally enable him to tower over history for all time.

About Colleen McCullough

Colleen McCullough, a native of Australia, established the department of neurophysiology at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney before working as a researcher at Yale Medical School for ten years. She is the bestselling author of numerous novels, including The Thorn Birds, and lives with her husband on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on June 06, 2023

Firstly – a quick recap of the first two books in the Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough. The First Man in Rome is #1 in this series (110-100 BCE): [URL not allowed] This book introduces the reader to Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla. Marius, the legendary mili......more

Goodreads review by LeAnn on June 03, 2009

At more than 800 pages (not counting the 200 in the glossary), Fortune's Favorites is another massive and thorough volume in McCullough's recreation of the dissolution of the Roman Republic. Unlike the first two volumes, FF opens with action and moves more quickly. Sulla, away in Asia Minor challeng......more

Goodreads review by Geraldine on June 26, 2024

Escenas y demás: *El encuentro de Aurelia y Sila en el campamento de este último: es ver reencontrarse a viejos amigos —ambos cansados, ambos cambiados por el tiempo y golpeados por la vida— y comprender lo amargo, amargo que es despedirse de sueños irrealizables. *La forma de liderar terrible, horrib......more

Goodreads review by Gumble's Yard - Golden Reviewer on April 07, 2018

Third in the “Masters of Rome” series. Contains an excellent and very detailed summary of the plot of the first two novels in the series and of events in an interim period between the books. The initial part of the book concentrates on Sulla’s return from the East – raddled by skin disease and ill-he......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on August 12, 2022

Well, by virtue of the "I abandoned plans and other things I was supposed to be doing to curl up with this book instead" test, I grant you five stars. Caesar is ... as Caesar is, and I think Mme. McCullough perhaps subscribes to the "Great Man of History" school of thought a little much, but I LOVED......more