Imperial Caesar: Rex Warner

The sequel to The Young Caesar, which carries on Caesar's narrative through the conquest of the Germans, his invasion of Britain, the crossing of the Rubicon, the Battle of Pharsalia against Pompey, his love affair with Cleopatra, his campaigns in Africa and Spain - up to the Ides of March, when, sleepless, he knew forebodings of death. Written in the mood and expression of Caesar's own writings of his campaigns - the same terse style, concern with facts and ruthless self criticism. This is Caesar's story as he might have told it - written with reality as well as themilitary and political genius that made Caesar great. Winner of the 1960 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction.