Big Caesars and Little Caesars: How They Rise and How They Fall - From Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson

by Ferdinand Mount

Book Overview

Who said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. Caesarism is alive and well. Yet in modern times it's become a strangely neglected subject. Ferdinand Mount opens up a fascinating exploration of how and why Caesars seize power and why they fall.

There is a comforting illusion shared by historians and political commentators from Fukuyama back to Macaulay, Mill and Marx, that history progresses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399409719
• ISBN13: 9781399409711
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"