The Last Assassin

A well-researched and very interesting account of the pivotal period beginning just prior to the assassination of Julius Caesar and then continuing for approximately the next decade - during which time Octavian, Marc Anthony and others jostled for ultimate leadership while systematically eliminating all of Caesar's assassins.

As a fan of Republican Rome I thought this work was truly a page turner. By any standards, the characters involved are some of the most compelling in history. I appreciated the author's attempt to present a point of view of the assassins which is often completely overlooked.

My only complaint is that the author, unlike Caesar, sometimes drifted from a concise style, instead unnecessarily using passive instead of active tenses and writing in a vague and flowery fashion that could sometimes be difficult to read.

Nonetheless, the book is an excellent account of this fascinating period.