THE IDES OF MARCH (246 pp.)—Thornton Wilder—Harper ($2.75). Suppose that, after the death of Caesar, some industrious private investigator assembled all the relevant documents on the ...
FREEDOM, FAREWELL!—Phyllis Bentley —Macmillan ($2.50). HAIL, CAESAR!—Fletcher Pratt—Smith & Haas ($3.50). With the same workmanlike technique she used in her novels of Yorkshire mill-towns, Phyllis ...
In addition to his military and political achievements, in his lifetime Caesar (100-44 B.C.) was a rather noted author and scholar, considered an outstanding stylist, producing works on the Latin ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March in 44 BC led not, as his killers hoped, to the restoration of the Roman Republic, but to its final demise – and theirs – at the hands of the ...
Julius Caesar, an accomplished military general and cunning politician, is perhaps remembered as one of the most consequential figures who rose to power during the Roman Republic – and led to its ...