{"product_id":"caligula-9781409175186","title":"Caligula","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An engrossing new spin on a well-known tale'' Antonia Senior\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaligula as you''ve never seen him before!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerfully moving read from\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eone of the best ancient world authors in the business\u003c\/b\u003e''   \u003cb\u003eKate Quinn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Alice Network \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone knows his name. Everyone \u003ci\u003ethinks \u003c\/i\u003ethey know his story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRome 37AD. The emperor is dying. No-one knows how long he has left. The power struggle has begun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the ailing Tiberius thrusts Caligula''s family into the imperial succession in a bid to restore order, he will change the fate of the empire and create one of history''s most infamous tyrants, Caligula. \u003cbr\u003eBut was he \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003ea monster?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForget everything you think you know. Let Livilla, Caligula''s youngest sister and confidante, tell you what really happened. How her quiet, caring brother became the most powerful man on earth. And how, with lies, murder and betrayal, Rome was chan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvocative, researched to the inch and \u003cb\u003ea truly different take on one of history's villains\u003c\/b\u003e . . . All through this \u003cb\u003eI am seeing Al Pacino in \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, slowly stained darker and darker by power and blood -- Robert Low, author of The Oathsworn series\u003cbr\u003eSimon Turney brings an \u003cb\u003eauthentic, intriguing\u003c\/b\u003e  - and above all, fresh - new eye to one of the best-known names in the Roman world. Caligula has long been reviled as a weak, petty tyrant. In Turney's capable hands, \u003cb\u003ewe see the human behind the myth\u003c\/b\u003e: a complex man brought down by the exigencies of the office, but who could, with more luck, have been one of the great Emperors of history. This is \u003cb\u003ea cracking book\u003c\/b\u003e, alive with the sights and sounds of an ancient Rome brought vividly to life by\u003cb\u003e one of the rising stars of the genre\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eI read it in one sitting\u003c\/b\u003e, and you can't say better than that -- Manda Scott, author of the Boudica series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnthralling and original, brutal and lyrical by turns.\u003c\/b\u003e With powerful imagery and carefully considered history Simon Turney provides a credible alternative to the Caligula myth that\u003cb\u003e will have the reader questioning everything they believe they know about the period\u003c\/b\u003e -- Anthony Riches, author of the Empire series\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003einspired\u003c\/b\u003e new take on Caligula that \u003cb\u003ecombines the pace of a thriller with the grand sweep of a tragedy\u003c\/b\u003e - a \u003cb\u003egripping\u003c\/b\u003e read that echoes in the memory long after the last page is turned -- Ruth Downie, author of the Medicus series\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003eharrowing and visceral \u003c\/b\u003etale that draws you into the pulsing heart of Ancient Rome -- Gordon Doherty, author of the Legionary series\u003cbr\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003ecompelling\u003c\/b\u003e ancient-world saga, Turney skilfully reimagines the life of history's most reviled emperor. Told from the eyes of Caligula's clever and devoted sister, it's \u003cb\u003ea fascinating, fast-paced, page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e! -- Stephanie Dray, NYT bestselling author of LILY OF THE NILE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaligula as you've never seen him before!\u003c\/b\u003e In this exciting new tale from Simon Turney, the much-maligned emperor of Rome steps forward not as a maddened psychopath, but as a brave and tormented young man struggling to navigate the snake-pit that is his own Imperial family. A \u003cb\u003epowerfully moving\u003c\/b\u003e read from \u003cb\u003eone of the best ancient world authors in the business\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kate Quinn, USA today bestselling author of THE ALICE NETWORK and MISTRESS OF ROME\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003eclose and intimate\u003c\/b\u003e portrait of a young man's rise to power in a murderously dangerous society, and his vertiginous descent into vindictive rage and excess. \u003cb\u003eCompelling, claustrophobic, and utterly convincing\u003c\/b\u003e, this is a story of gilded lives on the edge of a precipice -- Ian Ross, author of WAR AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant \u003c\/b\u003e. . . a gripping gallop of a read, impeccably researched, beautifully written,\u003cb\u003e impossible to put down\u003c\/b\u003e -- Angus Donald, author of the Outlaw Chronicles\u003cbr\u003eThis exuberant take on one of the great monsters of history is \u003cb\u003eexhilarating \u003c\/b\u003ein its revisionist energy; Simon Turney is a truly cherishable talent -- Barry Forshaw\u003cbr\u003eThis is \u003cb\u003ea masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e of historical fiction. I've always considered Caligula to be the mad, incestuous tyrant we are always led to believe he was, so I struggled to see how Turney could turn this around and paint him as human. But it does it so well -- NetGalley reviewer\u003cbr\u003eTurney weaves a tale that shows Caligula as a real, flawed human being, thrust into a life that so vary rarely ends well. His pains are real. And even as he slowly descends into a form of madness that was inescapable, and towards a fate that we already know, I found myself rooting for old little boots. Its \u003cb\u003ea sad tale, beautifully told by a master storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e -- NetGalley reviewer\u003cbr\u003eCaligula is a monster we all know and love to hate. Simon Turney's novel\u003cb\u003e challenges our prejudice\u003c\/b\u003e and sketches a more understanding view of the Roman emperor . . . Turney's version is \u003cb\u003ean entirely plausible take on the sources\u003c\/b\u003e. We pity the boy, even as we deplore the insane violence of the man. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaligula \u003c\/i\u003eis an engrossing new spin on a well-known tale\u003c\/b\u003e -- Antonia Senior * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperbly researched and elegantly written\u003c\/b\u003e. A \u003cb\u003epowerful and original \u003c\/b\u003enarrative that should appeal to his existing fans and win him many more * Nick Brown, author of the Agent of Rome series *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired\u003c\/b\u003e . . . a mesmerising, haunting and disturbing portrait of Caligula -- Kate Atherton * Sunday Express S Mag *\u003cbr\u003eTurney's \u003cb\u003emasterful, persuasive writing\u003c\/b\u003e makes you start to question everything you have ever read about Rome's most tyrannical ruler . . . Finding humanity and redeeming qualities in one of history's most reviled villains is a bold move, but in Turney's hands, \u003cb\u003eit pays off\u003c\/b\u003e -- Helena Gumley-Mason * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003eGripping, emotional, and authentic. The best Roman novel I've read in a long time. Simon Turney is one of the best historical novelists out there. -- Christian Cameron, author of KILLER OF MEN\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCaligula\u003c\/i\u003e Simon Turney uses fiction to challenge some of [the] lies that masquerade under the name of \"history\" . . . \u003cb\u003e[His narrator, Livilla] provides an energetic and intelligent eyewitness view\u003c\/b\u003e of the imperial court and of the gradual decline of Caligula's rule . . . \u003cb\u003eA satisfyingly alternative look at Caligula, something perhaps done better in fiction than in academic history\u003c\/b\u003e . . . 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