
The Throne of Caesar
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Narrated by:
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John Curless
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By:
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Steven Saylor
It's Rome, 44 BC, and the Ides of March are approaching.
Julius Caesar has been appointed dictator for life by the Roman Senate. Having pardoned his remaining enemies and rewarded his friends, Caesar is now preparing to leave Rome with his army to fight the Parthian Empire.
Gordianus the Finder, after decades of investigating crimes and murders involving the powerful, has set aside enough that he's been raised to the Equestrian rank and has firmly and finally retired. On the morning of March 10th, though, he's first summoned to meet with Cicero and then with Caesar himself.
Both have the same request of Gordianus - keep your ear to the ground, ask around, and find out if there are any conspiracies against Caesar's life. Caesar, however, has one other important matter to discuss. Gordianus's adopted son Meto has long been one of Caesar's closest confidants. To honor Meto, Caesar is going to make his father Gordianus a Senator when he attends the next session on the 15th of March.
With only four days left before he's made a Senator, Gordianus must dust off his old skills and see what conspiracy against Julius Caesar, if any, he can uncover. Because the Ides of March are approaching....
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best book from Taylor in years, really enjoyed it
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It really bothered me that they changed narrators frequently throughout the series, changing pronunciations and such makes for more difficult listening in my mind, but this last change just takes the prize for pure silliness. Somebody did Mr Saylor’s tremendously well researched and written work a very poor turn with this one.
British accent?
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Pronunciation / continuity problems
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Masterful Novel of Ancient Rome
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Outstanding narrator, a great book!
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I've loved Gordianus so. I've loved his family, I've loved his friends, and I've loved hissing at his detractors/enemies.
This is still well-written, and Saylor's research is flawless. But that's part of the problem: There's a lot of wandering prose and offshoots that basically scream: Look at me! I did so much research! The plot wanders into topics of epic poetry, and of what we think of as mythology. All of it winds up beings tied up at the very end, making them useful but, when you're initially listening to it; it's very dull.
And the skills of Gordianus? Here, looking for a plot against Caesar, Gordianus makes the rounds of senators asking a probing, oh so provocative question: Where can I get a decent toga? There. That's it. That's as far as The Finder will go, and each answer makes him satisfied with his final decision. To one used to the hyper-observational skills he's displayed in books in the past, this is a sore, sore disappointment.
Plus, you can see the end coming a mile away :(
John Curless does a fine job narrating. Actually, he's kinda like the poor man's John Lee. His narration can be almost as sweeping as Lee's can.
The only real satisfaction comes from the last, very last paragraph. That one almost moved me to tears.
But, alas! It still couldn't push this book in to 4-star territory...
Oh, How Disappointing!
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