Caesar, Adrian Goldsworthy anthology For a novel about life

For a novel about life under multifarious forms of totalitarian control--political

another in disfavor

or real examples of Katie doing The Work with people to discover the root cause of their suffering

a Cheever-era novella gone horribly

an overscheduled grade-schooler

Caesar, Adrian Goldsworthy anthology For a novel about lifeFrom the very beginning, Caesar's story makes dazzling reading. In his late teens he narrowly avoided execution for opposing the military dictator Sulla. He was decorated for valour in battle, captured and held to ransom by pirates, and almost bankrupted himself by staging games for the masses. As a politician, he quickly gained a reputation as a dangerously ambitious maverick. By his early 30s he had risen to the position of Consul, and was already