{"product_id":"october-horse","title":"October Horse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet \u003cu\u003einternational bestselling author Colleen McCullough\u003c\/u\u003e transport you back in time to Rome to 48 BC: scene of one of the greatest political battles and one of the most passionate love affairs of all time. This is an evocative and enthralling historical novel that will have you gripped. Fans of Conn Iggulden, Madeleine Miller and Simon Scarrow will not be disappointed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An enormous rich mountain of a book, which will appeal to people who like their history in great succulent dollops'' -- \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Incomparable... Engrossing... Breathtakingly detailed... McCullough has triumphed again'' -- \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Intrigue, political manoeuvring, grandstanding, gossip, sex, both affectionate and calculated, and wholesale slaughter... McCullough works to charge history with the current of personality.'' -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A really engrossing read'' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A masterpiece'' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''In a peerless class of its own'' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Entertaining and engrossing'' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****************************************************\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRome, 48 BC\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/b\u003e is in the prime of his life and at the height of his powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut behind the myth lies a man beset with contradictions - happily married, he is also the lover of the enigmatic Egyptian queen, \u003cb\u003eCleopatra\u003c\/b\u003e; a great general, he wishes to bring to an end Rome''s endless wars; conscious of his own power and contemptuous of lesser men, he is determined not to be worshipped as a living god or crowned emperor.\u003cbr\u003eBut Caesar is a man whose very greatness attracts envy and jealousy to a dangerous degree, and as the political intrigues which surround him reach their climax, \u003cb\u003ehis destruction becomes inevitable...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe October Horse\u003c\/i\u003e is the sixth book in the \u003ci\u003eMasters of Rome\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320225997182,"sku":"NW9780099280521","price":13.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780099280521.jpg?v=1778237376","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/october-horse","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}