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Massie brings his Roman Quartet to a triumphant conclusion with the story of Mark Antony, a tragi-comedy of ambition and self-indulgence, narrated partly by Mark Antony himself and partly by his Greek secretary Critias.

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Antony's view of events from the assassination of Caesar to his own death as dictated to and with comments by his secretary, Critias.

The first half, dealing with the manoeuvring after the Ides of March down to Philippi was a bit confusing, but the second half, was much better. Critias really didn't like Cleo.
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A great read, with what seemed to me a stronger narrative drive than his Caesar - I read them consecutively.
Allan Massie nos ofrece la gran novela sobre uno de los personajes más atractivos, complejos y contradictorios de la historia del Imperio romano, Marco Antonio. Con el vigoroso pulso narrativo que le caracteriza, Massie ha convertido en un relato apasionante la trayectoria del político que incitó a César a luchar contra Pompeyo y posteriormente se adueñó de Roma y formó parte del triunviro con Octaviano y Lépido, el militar que venció a Filipos a Bruto y Casio, el hombre que abandonó a su esposa por Cleopatra y recobró la felicidad en Egipto, pero finalmente se vio abocado al suicidio. Una vida de novela.

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Allan Massie is a novelist, essayist and critic.

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Canonical title
Antony
Original publication date
1997
People/Characters
Marcus Antonius; Augustus Caesar; Marcus Aemilius Lepidus; Fulvia; Octavia Minor; Cleopatra VII (show all 25); Critias; Gaius Scribonius Curio; Publius Clodius Pulcher; Publius Canidius Crassus; Publius Ventidius Bassus; Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus; Cytheris; Glaphyra; Antyllus; Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa; Gaius Cilnius Maecenas; Marcus Junius Brutus; Gaius Longinus Cassius; Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (an assassin of Julius Ceasar); Sextus Pompeius; Artavasdes; Herod the Great; Ptolemy XV Caesarion; Alexas
Important places
Rome, Italy; Alexandria, Egypt; Ancient Rome
Dedication
For Alison as ever
First words
The gale of the night had blown itself out, but the wind from the mountains still struck cold in little gusts. Trebonius had drawn me out of the theatre and held me in the portico with some tale--of dire import, he insisted-... (show all)-which was so long and involved in its rambling telling that I grew bored, stopped listening, and instead amused myself with eyeing up a pretty whore plying her trade even so early in the day.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In fact I may say I prosper; but I would yield all my ease, comfort, and wealth for one of my lord's smiles; and the splendour of the mountains that tower over the city where I live is as nothing to the majesty of his presence.

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Genres
General Fiction, Fiction and Literature, Historical Fiction
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
LCC
PR6063 .A79 .A84Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000

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