The war for Gaul : a new translation
Caesar, Julius2021
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Imagine a book about an unnecessary war written by the ruthless general of an occupying army - a vivid and dramatic propaganda piece that forces the reader to identify with the conquerors and that is designed, like the war itself, to fuel the limitless political ambitions of the author. Could such a campaign autobiography ever be a great work of literature - perhaps even one of the greatest? It would be easy to think not, but such a book exists - and it helped make Julius Caesar a legend. This remarkable translation of Caesar's 'War for Gaul' captures, like never before in English, the powerfully concise style of the future emperor's dispatches from the front lines in what are today France, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland.
Main title:
The war for Gaul : a new translation / Julius Caesar ; translated by James O'Donnell.
Author:
Caesar, Julius, authorO'Donnell, James Joseph, 1950-, translator
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.
Collation:
320 pages : map ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Latin.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780691216690 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
936.402
Language:
EnglishLatin
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BRN:
1903793
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