Masters of Rome · Book 2
The Grass Crown
- Published
- 1 January 1991
- Pages
- 1072
- ISBN-13
- 9780099462491
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Grass Crown followed a year later in 1991, at 1,072 pages -- almost exactly as long as its predecessor -- continuing McCullough's exhaustively researched chronicle of Marius, Sulla, and the Republic's slow unraveling.
Its place in Masters of Rome
The Grass Crown is book 2 in the Masters of Rome series. It follows The First Man in Rome. It is followed by Fortune's Favourites. See the full Masters of Rome reading order.
Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome novels are a seven-book chronicle of the last decades of the Roman Republic, from the rise of Gaius Marius in 110 BC to the aftermath of Antony and Cleopatra's defeat in 27 BC — the century in which the Republic tore itself apart and Rome became an empire in all but name. Beginning with The First Man in Rome , the series tracks an enormous cast of real historical figures — Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Crassus, Cato the Younger, and eventually Julius Caesar himself — through civil…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780099462491
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780671045098