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    Julius Caesar: The Pursuit of Power

    By Ernle Bradford

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    Julius Caesar: military tribune, praetor, consul, proconsul, dictator, god; it is a name that everyone knows, but it is a name enveloped by shadows.

    Though of aristocratic stock, he was happiest with his legionaries, and contemptuous of the 'people' despite leading the popular party: his ambition would destroy their world.

    Nonetheless, Caesar a master of the spoken and written word, and his successes in Gaul secured him the money and power he needed to achieve his political ambitions in Rome.

    A great general, strategist and tactician on the battlefields of war, he could prove a charming and entertaining companion on the battlefields of society.

    Everything he had undertaken had been provoked by his overriding desire, but upon his murder in 44 BC one title eluded Caesar: 'king'.

    His luck had, eventually, run out.

    Bradford's supreme biography shows Caesar as he really was, not the popularised mythical figure, but as a ruthless politician, one of the most ambitious men ever to live, who was solely dedicated to the pursuit of power.

    Ernle Bradford (1922-1986) was a British historian noted for his specialisation in the Mediterranean World and naval subjects. His works include numerous biographies of military figures and books about the ancient and medieval worlds.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEndeavour Media
    Release dateJun 6, 2018
    ISBN9781386024293
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    Ernle Bradford

    Ernle Bradford was born in 1922 and died in 1986. He was a noted British historian specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval topics. Bradford was an enthusiastic sailor himself and spent almost thirty years sailing the Mediterranean, where many of his books are set. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, finishing as the first lieutenant of a destroyer. Bradford lived in Malta for a number of years. He did occasional broadcast work for the BBC, was a magazine editor, and wrote many books, including Hannibal, Paul the Traveller, Julius Caesar: The Pursuit of Power, Christopher Columbus, and The Mighty Hood.

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