A Pillar of Iron - Softcover

Caldwell, Taylor

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ISBN 10: 044922418X ISBN 13: 9780449224182

Publisher: Fawcett, 1975

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Marcus Tullius Cicero, whose letters and style of communication led to the Renaissance some 1500 years after his death, was a citizen of Rome, a lawyer, a philosopher and perhaps Rome's greatest orator and writer. The author has taken his story, and with imagination and attention to detail, woven the story of one man's quest for democracy. From the Byzantine maze of Roman politics prior to the assassination of Julius Caesar, through the defeat of Anthony at Actium, and his eventual defeat and assassination by Octavian, Cicero remains eloquent during a crucial time during the reign of Octavian (later Augustus Caesar)

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About the Author:

Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985) was one of the most prolific and widely read authors of the twentieth century. Born Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell in Manchester, England, she moved with her family to Buffalo, New York, in 1907. She started writing stories when she was eight years old and completed her first novel when she was twelve. Married at age eighteen, Caldwell worked as a stenographer and court reporter to help support her family and took college courses at night, earning a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Buffalo in 1931. She adopted the pen name Taylor Caldwell because legendary editor Maxwell Perkins thought her debut novel, Dynasty of Death (1938), would be better received if readers assumed it were written by a man. In a career that spanned five decades, Caldwell published forty novels, many of which were New York Times bestsellers. Her best-known works include the historical sagas The Sound of Thunder (1957), Testimony of Two Men (1968), Captains and the Kings (1972), and Ceremony of the Innocent (1976), and the spiritually themed novels The Listener (1960) and No One Hears But Him (1966). Dear and Glorious Physician (1958), a portrayal of the life of St. Luke, and Great Lion of God (1970), about the life of St. Paul, are among the bestselling religious novels of all time. Caldwell’s last novel, Answer as a Man (1981), hit the New York Times bestseller list before its official publication date. She died at her home in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1985.

Review:

“The best work of Taylor Caldwell.” —Saturday Review

“Marvelous reading.” —St. Louis Globe-Democrat

“One is impressed by the research. . . . The period is there and so is the history.” —Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Taylor Caldwell
“Taylor Caldwell spins a yarn with force. . . . Her sense of timing and her ability to keep even the most alert reader guessing is something readers don’t find very often.” —Hartford Courant

“Caldwell never falters when it comes to storytelling.” —Publishers Weekly

“A wonderful storyteller.” —A. Scott Berg, National Book Award–winning author of Maxwell Perkins: Editor of Genius

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