The fifth book in the epic Masters of Rome series.

Gaul. 54 BC. Scene of Caesar's magnificent victory over a fierce people.

Julius Caesar sweeps across Gaul, brutally subduing the united tribes who defy the Republic. But, at home, his enemies are orchestrating his downfall and disgrace. Vindictive schemers like Cato and Bibulus, the spineless Cicero, the avaricious Brutus. Even Pompey the Great, Caesar's former ally.

But all have underestimated Caesar. And when the Senate refuse to give him his due he marches upon his own country, an army prepared to die for him at his back. For Rome is his destiny - a destiny that will impel him triumphantly on to the banks fo the Rubicon... and beyond, into legend, as the noblest Roman of them all.

"Incomparable...Engrossing...Breathtakingly detailed...McCullough has triumphed again" Chicago Tribune

"It is a powerful story, and McCullough tells it with the verve of a novelist and the commitment of a historian" The Sunday Times

"A master storyteller" Los Angeles Times