Grass Crown, Colleen McCullough
Grass Crown, Colleen McCullough
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Grass Crown

Author: Colleen McCullough

Narrator: F. Murray Abraham

Abridged: 5 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/1991


Synopsis

From the author of the captivating bestseller
THE FIRST MAN IN ROME...
the timeless saga of power, passion
and conflict of Ancient Rome continues...

The magnificent glory of Republican Rome is threatened when a struggle for power erupts among the men who shaped its hard-won peace. At its center are two extraordinary leaders: Gaius Marius, the general who saved Rome from Barbarian invasions, desperately trying to extend his reign for a prophesied and unprecedented seventh term as Consul; and Lucius Cornelius Sulla, once Marius' most trusted right-hand man, now a dangerous rival hungry for his own taste of political success.

As the two men battle for position, they are surrounded by a new generation of statesman, soldiers and lovers, from Senate intriguers and their ambitious wives to the child of destiny, Gaius Julius Caesar.

An absorbing tale of a Republic fighting for its survival in a world of treachery, barbarism and never-ending war, The Grass Crown is a remarkable entry in Colleen McCullough's brilliant and unprecedented series on the rise and fall of the world's greatest civilization.

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 April 29, 2022

This heroic endeavour by the brilliant Colleen McCullough, rests snugly amongst the likes of the Count of Monte Cristo and the Grapes of Wrath. Yes, The Grass Crown is that good. This is the second instalment of a series of books covering the late Roman Republic, say around 100-80 BCE. We are still......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on August 27, 2009

Ok, I can admit it - I'm an ancient Rome junkie, and Colleen McCullough is my dealer. Nobody - not even the venerable Robert Graves, or Marguerite Yourcenar, can write a crackling, entertaining AND factually nails-on story of Ancient Roman politics, history and characters like McCullough. Thanks to......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on September 01, 2019

The first 200 pages of this is so boooring, then it picks up and becomes a very good book with intermittent boring parts. The story of the rivalry between Sulla & Gaius Marius is exciting and leads to horrendous acts of cruelty. McCullough is a very good writer. Another problem is the plethora of Ro......more

Goodreads review by Geraldine on June 18, 2024

Este libro, al igual que el anterior, es muuuy largo. Ventajas: es interesante y entretenido. Desventajas: sigue sin tener suficientes descripciones sangrientas… y me obligó a investigar. ¡¿Cómo se atreve?! a mí nadie me obliga a hacer cosas. ¡Nadie! Escenas y demás: *El descubrimiento de la infidelidad......more