Rome is me

Author's name: Santiago Posteguillo

When the trial of a senator, the right-hand man of the dictator Sulla, began on charges of rape, murder, and corruption, no one in Rome imagined he would be convicted of any of his many crimes. Not only had the accused hired the best lawyers and bribed the judges, but he also had assassins at his disposal, ready to eliminate anyone who dared to stand against him. In fact, no lawyer had the courage to present the case to the public prosecutor, until a young, inexperienced man named Julius Caesar accepted the challenge. Santiago Postiglio recounts a virtually unknown period in the life of one of history's most studied, researched, and investigated figures. This exciting novel introduces us to the young Caesar, his love story with his wife Cornelia, his beginnings as a lawyer, and his dream—which was nothing more than an impossible youthful aspiration—of building a more just and equitable Rome.