The Ides of March: A Novel (1948) - Thornton Wilder

Category: Adults, Classic, Historical Fiction
Language: EnglishKeywords: Cicero Rome
Written by Thornton Wilder
Read by Derek Perkins, others
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
· Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
· Release date: 05-05-20
· Publisher: HarperAudio
First published in 1948, The Ides of March is a brilliant epistolary novel of the Rome of Julius Caesar. Through imaginary letters and documents, Wilder brings to life a dramatic period of world history and one of its magnetic personalities. In this novel, the Caesar of history becomes Caesar the human being as he appeared to his family, his legions, his Rome, and his empire in the months just before his death. In Wilder’s inventive narrative, all Rome comes crowding through his prose. We have Romans of the slums, of the villas, of the palaces, brawling youths and noble ladies and prostitutes, and the spies and assassins stalking Caesar in his Rome.
· Narrated by: Derek Perkins, Piper Goodeve, Jane Copland, Gary Furlong, Andy Cresswell, Peter Noble, Antony Ferguson, Joan Walker, Morag Sims
I liked this book when I was a teenager and still do.
· Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
· Release date: 05-05-20
· Publisher: HarperAudio

First published in 1948, The Ides of March is a brilliant epistolary novel of the Rome of Julius Caesar. Through imaginary letters and documents, Wilder brings to life a dramatic period of world history and one of its magnetic personalities. In this novel, the Caesar of history becomes Caesar the human being as he appeared to his family, his legions, his Rome, and his empire in the months just before his death. In Wilder’s inventive narrative, all Rome comes crowding through his prose. We have Romans of the slums, of the villas, of the palaces, brawling youths and noble ladies and prostitutes, and the spies and assassins stalking Caesar in his Rome.

· Narrated by: Derek Perkins, Piper Goodeve, Jane Copland, Gary Furlong, Andy Cresswell, Peter Noble, Antony Ferguson, Joan Walker, Morag Sims

I liked this book when I was a teenager and still do.