When Julius Caesar was murdered, the power vacuum was filled by a triumvirate: Mark Antony, the flamboyant soldier interested only in plunder; Octavius, Caesar's named heir, but not even a citizen - and the least known of all, Marcus Lepidus, an old-fashioned patrician idiot who believed blindly in the ideals of Rome, but was hopelessly inept at both war and politics. Told from Lepidus's point of view, this masterly tragicomedy charts both the seminal events of the post-Caesarian era, and the career of a man locked into his own conviction that what would preserve his line must also be good for Rome. It is funny, fascinating, and ultimately moving. 'Duggan looks upon the past with a connoisseur's relish of villainy and violence ...An extremely gifted writer who can move into an unknown period and give it life and immediacy' New York Times
- ISBN10 1447232194
- ISBN13 9781447232193
- Publish Date 27 September 2012 (first published 2 September 2004)
- Publish Status Permanently Withdrawn
- Out of Print 19 October 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Macmillan Bello
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 308
- Language English