by Colleen McCullough · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408040002
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«El primer hombre de Roma» is the historical novel by Colleen McCullough, published by Planeta in paperback (832 pages, in Spanish).
The narrative begins in 110 BC and follows the careers of Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla, two ambitious rivals who aspire to be the leading figure of Rome. McCullough reconstructs the intrigues of the Senate, the military campaigns, and the family alliances that marked the Republic, painting a portrait of power in Ancient Rome.
First instalment of the «Maestros de Roma» saga; translation by Francisco Martín of the original «The First Man in Rome».
For readers of historical fiction and fiction set in Ancient Rome, with an interest in the Republican period and its characters.
Colleen McCullough was an Australian author. Raised in Sydney, she trained as a neurophysiologist and spent her early career working at hospitals and universities in Australia and overseas. In 1974, while working as a research assistant at the Yale School of Medicine, she published her first novel Tim. Her second novel, The Thorn Birds, was published in 1977 and became an international bestseller. It sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and was adapted into a successful television miniseries.
