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John Adams said of Cicero, "All ages of the world have not produced a larger statesman and philosopher merged." Voltaire said of Cicero, "He taught us how to believe." Yet Anthony Everitt's authoritative yet accessible work is the first one-volume biography of the Roman statesman in over 25 years. He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He suggested the renowned Pompey on his somewhat botched change from armed forces hero to politician. He lambasted Make Antony and was professional of the smear campaign, as feared for his wit as he was for revealing his opponents' erotic peccadilloes. Excellent, voluble, cranky, a genius of political manipulation but also a true patriot and idealist, Cicero was Rome's most feared politician, one of the biggest legal representatives and statesmen of most times. Machiavelli, Queen Elizabeth, John Adams and Winston Churchill all studied his example. No man has loomed larger in the political record of mankind. In this vibrant and participating biography, Anthony Everitt plunges us in to the amazing, scandal-ridden world of old Rome in its most glorious heyday. Accessible to us through his renowned speeches but also via an unrivaled assortment of unguarded characters to his close friend Atticus, Cicero involves life here as a witty and cunning political operator.
