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The Life of Cicero, Vol. II

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The Life of Cicero, Vol. II By Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC) was an orator, statesman, philosopher

and prolific correspondent, who rose as a ‘new man’ in Rome in the

turbulent last years of its republican government. Anthony Trollope, best

known as a novelist, admired Cicero greatly and wrote this biography late

in life in order to argue his virtues against authors who had granted him literary greatness but questioned his strength as a politician and as a man. He takes a personal approach, affording us an insight into his own mind and times as well as those of his subject.

This second volume of two covers his last years, BC 57-43 and the personal and political upheavals that surrounded them: the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, the death of his daughter Tullia, Caesar’s dictatorship and assassination, Cicero’s antagonism against Antony in the Philippics and his final struggle for the republic. Having used Cicero’s letters and speeches to guide his biography, Trollope treats his other works (what he terms ‘moral essays’, and works on philosophy and rhetoric), and his religious beliefs, in separate chapters at the end of this volume, to which is also appended his own translation of Cicero’s ‘Dream of Scipio’ from the De re publica. (Summary by Philippa)

Total running time: 11:58:29; read by Philippa. In addition to the reader, this audio book was produced by Karen Merline (dedicated proof-listener) & Anna Simon (meta-coordinator/cataloging).

This recording is in the public domain and may be reproduced, distributed, or modified without permission. For more information or to volunteer, visit librivox.org. Cover picture by Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (1787). Author picture taken by Napoleon Sarony (d. 1896). Copyright expired in US, Canada, EU and all countries with author’s life +70 yrs laws. Cover design by Janette Brown. This design is in the public domain.

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