Reconstruction of the lost memoirs of Emperor Augustus; an account from the killing of Caesar to his own death. After Caesar and Antony, the third volume of this series of historical novels about the Roman Empire. The remarkable recovery of the drama and glory of a unique historic character.

The second of a trilogy of "Roman" novels. "Augustus" is the first book in the trilogy and was the winner of the Saltire Society/Scotsman Book of the Year Award. The author also wrote "The Last Peacock", which won the Frederick Niven Award in 1981, "The Death of Men" and "A Question of Loyalties".

Retells the story of Caesar in a glamorous, sexually charged light, depicting the downfall of a charismatic showman desperate for power

Gaius Caligula is known as the mad emperor, the one who made his horse a consul. He was violent and vicious, a murderer and guilty of committing incest with his sisters. Yet, when he succeeded the aged recluse Tiberius, the Romans were delighted and for a few months at least he seemed generous and enlightened. So what went wrong? Why was he murdered after a reign of only four years? Is the conventional picture true or was he mad and evil or the victim of circumstance and rumour? Is it possible to take a sympathetic view of Caligula...and is it possible to make sense of him? In his compelling new novel Allan Massie peels back the mask of the monster of popular myth to expose the young emperor as a real man and explore the truth of his brief but tempestuous reign.