WILDER, THORNTON — The Ides of March

New York, Harper & Brothers. 1948, 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Book, " A brilliant epistolary novel set in Julius Caesar's Rome. Thornton Wilder called it "a fantasia on certain events and persons of the last days of the Roman republic." Through vividly imagined letters and documents, Wilder brings to life a dramatic period of world history and one of history's most magnetic, elusive personalities. In this inventive narrative, the Caesar of history becomes Caesar the human being. Wilder also resurrects the controversial figures surrounding Caesar -- Cleopatra, Catullus, Cicero, and others. All Rome comes crowding through these pages -- the Rome of villas and slums, beautiful women and brawling youths, spies and assassins.Novel about the death of Julius Caesar.246p. Name of previous owner scratched out on front past-down. Crisp copy with slightly scuffed spine. Near Fine/No Jacket.