In this splendid profile, Canfora offers a radically new interpretation of one of the most controversial figures in history. The result of a comprehensive study of the ancient sources, "Julius Caesar" paints an astonishingly detailed portrait of this complex man and the times in which he lived.

Infusing Shakespeare's beautiful verse with modern language, a brilliant retelling of the classic play introduces Imperial Rome and an unforgettable cast of characters to a new generation of readers.

Julius Caesar is one of the most popular plays of William Shakespeare, read, anno¬tated and played in schools and colleges in India. In India, the first edition of Julius Caesar was written by Sir Mark Hunter, in 1900, from Madras and Hugh Macmillan, writ

Things Fall Apart, set in Nigeria about a century ago, is widely regarded as Chinua Achebe's masterpiece. Considered one of the most broadly read African novels, Achebe's work responded to the two-dimensional caricatures of Africans that often dominated Western literature. This guide contains a selection of contemporary criticism of this novel.

Presents a collection of essays discussing aspects of William Shakespeare's historical tragedy of ambition, malice, and betrayal in which Caesar dies at the hands of his friends and fellow politicians.