Agrippa

"He was born feet first, a dangerous way to enter the world. His mother did not survive, and the nickname, Agrippa--mother killer--stuck. But the schoolyard taunting only served to harden his resolve and hone his predilection for aggression. In time, the name lost its sting and became instead a mark...

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Main Author: Harris, Robert, 1957- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, 2026.
Edition:First U.S. hardcover edition.
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Summary:"He was born feet first, a dangerous way to enter the world. His mother did not survive, and the nickname, Agrippa--mother killer--stuck. But the schoolyard taunting only served to harden his resolve and hone his predilection for aggression. In time, the name lost its sting and became instead a mark of his invincibility. It came to shape his destiny. Agrippa was a mere commoner, but when he defended a bullied young boy, Octavius, he set his life on an entirely new path, for Octavius turned out to be the nephew of Caesar himself. Caesar took a liking to young Agrippa, and relied on him to protect his favored nephew. Then, Caesar was murdered in the Senate. Not only the lives of these boys, but the fate of the Republic, hung in the balance. Octavius inherited the empire in name only. To assume the mantle, he would have to fight for it. Agrippa was the brawn and Octavius was the guile. Together, they would prove to be unstoppable." --
Item Description:"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Hutchinson Heinemann, an imprint of Cornerstone, a division of Penguin Random House UK, in 2026." -- Title page verso.
Physical Description:372 pages : maps ; 24 cm
ISBN:9780385552387
0385552386
Author Notes:ROBERT HARRIS is the author of sixteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy-- Imperium , Conspirata , and Dictator--Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost , The Fear Index , An Officer and a Spy , which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2, Act of Oblivion, and Precipice. Several of his books have been adapted into films, including The Ghost and the Academy Award-winning Conclave . His work has been translated into forty languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.