Showing results for "Julius" in Biographical Fiction

A fictional recreation of the turbulence of the 1960s civil rights movement, narrated from alternating perspectives, chronicles the life and times of charismatic African-American leader John Calvin Marshall, from his rise to national prominence to his tragic assassination.

Consecrated at birth as a royal goddess, Cleopatra learns early on from her father's experience that to rule means to fight. Politically astute, her deep love for Egypt means she'll do everything in her power to retain its autonomy from the all-devouring Romans. Julius Caesar is a legendary warrior whose might helped secure the Egyptian throne for Cleopatra's father. Years later, when he encounters the now Queen of Egypt, it is more than a meeting of rulers - it is a meeting of souls.

Ein Mann vor der Entscheidung seines Lebens - der neue Roman von Tom Saller. Wimbledon, 1937. Das legendäre Davis-Cup-Match zwischen Deutschland und den USA. Nicht nur die Sportwelt hält den Atem an, als Julius von Berg den Ball vor Tausenden von Zuschauern in den blauen Himmel wirft. Aufgewachsen auf einer Burg über dem Rhein, hat er sein Tennistalent im Berlin der Zwanziger- und Dreißigerjahre zur Reife gebracht; ein internationaler Star, auf dem alle Blicke ruhen.