{"product_id":"the-first-man-in-rome-colleen-mccullough-9780061582417","title":"The First Man in Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith extraordinary narrative power, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweeps the reader into a whirlpool of pageantry and passion, bringing to vivid life the most glorious epoch in human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the world cowered before the legions of Rome, two extraordinary men dreamed of personal glory: the military genius and wealthy rural \"upstart\" Marius, and Sulla, penniless and debauched but of aristocratic birth. Men of exceptional vision, courage, cunning, and ruthless ambition, separately they faced the insurmountable opposition of powerful, vindictive foes. Yet allied they could answer the treachery of rivals, lovers, enemy generals, and senatorial vipers with intricate and merciless machinations of their own--to achieve in the end a bloody and splendid foretold destiny . . . and win the most coveted honor the Republic could bestow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colleen McCullough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061582417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061582417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.36w x 1.93d","brand":"Colleen McCullough","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048612655359,"sku":"9780061582417","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54b00a59-8374-42aa-bd7c-905dec935704.jpg?v=1684996788","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-first-man-in-rome-colleen-mccullough-9780061582417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}