Wars. Gallic Wars. Civil War.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 22385 |
| Format | 16 x 21.5 |
| Détails | 516 p., 20 maps, bound. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251450520 |
The result of several years of collective work involving historians and specialists in Latin literature, this new translation of Caesar's complete works, unique in its genre, is a tour de force. Firstly, because it gives back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar the writer, that is to say, his incomparable prose, elegant, rapid, and striking, which keeps the reader in suspense from start to finish. Secondly, because it gives back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar the politician, the brilliant conqueror and "democratic dictator" - undoubtedly the most famous statesman of all time - by illuminating in a simple and scholarly manner both the historical issues tacit or, on the contrary, staged in the text. Finally, because it immerses the reader in a decisive period of History which has so much to tell us today: the rapid explosion of the Republic and the slow crumbling of the models it had inspired, the perpetual fear of fall and barbarism, but also of tyranny, the unquenchable thirst for conquests and renewal are all echoes that our edition makes accessible to the contemporary reader.
The result of several years of collective work involving historians and specialists in Latin literature, this new translation of Caesar's complete works, unique in its genre, is a tour de force. Firstly, because it gives back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar the writer, that is to say, his incomparable prose, elegant, rapid, and striking, which keeps the reader in suspense from start to finish. Secondly, because it gives back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar the politician, the brilliant conqueror and "democratic dictator" - undoubtedly the most famous statesman of all time - by illuminating in a simple and scholarly manner both the historical issues tacit or, on the contrary, staged in the text. Finally, because it immerses the reader in a decisive period of History which has so much to tell us today: the rapid explosion of the Republic and the slow crumbling of the models it had inspired, the perpetual fear of fall and barbarism, but also of tyranny, the unquenchable thirst for conquests and renewal are all echoes that our edition makes accessible to the contemporary reader.