In a time of cataclysmic upheaval, a bold new generation of Romans vied for greatness amid the disintegrating remnants of their beloved Republic. They were the chosen...and the cursed—blessed with wealth and privilege yet burdened by the dictates of destiny in a savage struggle for power that would leave countless numbers crushed and destroyed. But there was one who would tower above them all—a brilliant and beautiful boy whose ambition was unparalleled, whose love was legend, and whose glory was Rome's: a boy they would one day call "Caesar."
This third book in the Master's of Rome series was another enjoyable read by McCullough. She is such an excellent writer, I believe she could take boring parts of history and make them enjoyable. Fortune's Favorites seems like a transition for the series. Sulla dies. The Spartican revolt is put down. The republic struggles to continue to exist under the Sulla constitution. And Gaius Julius Caesar rises.
Though this is a buffer book, it continues a great series that is a joy to read. The fall of the republic is far to similar to our "republic".
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