FLEETWOOD, United Kingdom, May 5, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The volume of material written about Gaius Julius Caesar is plentiful, but few authors have captured his essence as Pat Hunter has done in Immortal Caesar (now available through 1stBooks).
This captivating novel is the product of years of thorough research, including some carried out in Rome and Egypt. It covers the main events of Caesar's career from age 19 until his murder. A statesman, brilliant military tactician and object of women's desire, he lived with a courage and passion that will keep readers enthralled.
Immortal Caesar includes detailed descriptions of politics and warfare, but also the personal relationships Caesar had with his mother, beloved daughter, three wives and mistresses.
The other characters are also intriguing: Pompey, unable to tolerate a rival; vengeful Cassius; Cicero, the great orator; Servilia, the mother of Brutus; beautiful and tragic Calpurnia; and Cleopatra, prepared to barter her body for the throne of Egypt.
Readers of Hunter's two previous novels, Son of Fortune and No Other Caesar, described her writing as absorbing, exciting, historically accurate and realistic. "She makes Caesar come alive, illustrating his strength and decisiveness," one reader writes. Another remarks, "Pat has made Calpurnia a person I would want to meet. What imagination!"
Immortal Caesar takes the reader across three continents and within the walls of Rome.
Hunter, 64, has studied classical history since her school days.
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