The Ides of March Valerio Massimo Manfredi PB 2009 Historical Thriller Rome

Valerio Massimo Manfredi examines the swirling politics and human dramas that led to the assassination of Julius Caesar, illuminating the fears, ideals and rivalries of the late Republic. With a storyteller’s sense of pace and a scholar’s eye for detail, he reconstructs the days around 15 March 44 BCE, giving voice to Caesar, Brutus, Cassius and those caught between them. A vivid portrait of Rome at a turning point, where private loyalties collide with public fate.