Caligula
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  • Published: 1 June 2009
  • ISBN: 9780552156943
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $24.99
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Caligula

A thrilling historical epic set in Ancient Rome that you won’t be able to put down…

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1 May 2010
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3 Mar 2011
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1 Jun 2009
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A major new historical epic - in the tradition of Conn Iggulden.

Perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow, a riveting thriller set in Ancient Rome from bestselling author Douglas Jackson.
"...gripping Roman thriller. It's certainly well placed to take on the Simon Scarrow/Conn Iggulden audience." -- Scotland on Sunday
"Fantastic read..." - ***** Reader review.

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CAN A SLAVE DECIDE THE FATE OF AN EMPEROR?

Ancient Rome. Caligula is Emperor, his reign marked by excess, ambition, decadence, cruelty, madness, sexual scandal and death.

Rufus is a young slave living a world away from the Imperial court - apprentice to an animal trainer for the gladiatorial arena and friend to Cupido, one of Rome's greatest gladiators.

When Rufus's skills come to the attention of Caligula, he is summoned to court to serve as keeper for the Imperial elephant - and unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor...

Rufus's story continues in Claudius.
  • Published: 1 June 2009
  • ISBN: 9780552156943
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $24.99
Categories:

About the author

Douglas Jackson

A journalist by profession, Douglas Jackson transformed a lifelong fascination for Rome and the Romans in to his first two highly-praised novels, Caligula and Claudius. His third, Hero of Rome, introduced readers to a new series hero, Gaius Valerius Verrens. Seven further novels featuring Valerius have followed - the most recent being Glory of Rome - and have won critical acclaim and confirm their author as one of the UK's foremost historical novelists. An active member of the Historical Writers Association and the Historical Novel Society, Douglas Jackson lives near Stirling in Scotland.

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The Wall
Hammer of Rome
Glory of Rome
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Praise for Caligula

A young animal trainer for the gladiatorial games is plunged into the paranoid world of Emperor Caligula's court in this gripping Roman thriller

Scotland on Sunday

Jackson brings a visceral realism to Rome in the days of the mad Caligula

Daily Mail

Light and dark in equal measure, colourful, thoughtful and bracing

Manda Scott

Jackson brought Rome alive for me, chilling, deadly and magnetic. A wonder filled novel from a master of his trade

Anne Berry, author of The Hungry Ghosts
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