BUCHAN, John.
Augustus.
"This book is an attempt to understand a little part of the mind of a great man": First Edition of John Buchan's Augustus
London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD, 1937.
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Finely bound edition of this historical novel of the first Roman Emperor. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, The Downs School vignette stamped in gilt to the front panel, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with a folding map to the rear. In very good condition with toning and rubbing. Ownership plate of The Downs School to the front pastedown, "Mr. H.G. Rogers Foundation Scholarship Marlborough June 1939 from Geoffrey Hoyland."
John Buchan’s Augustus (1937) is a historical novel that reimagines the life of Rome’s first emperor through a blend of biography and fiction. Rather than presenting a straightforward chronicle, Buchan employs a series of fictional memoirs, letters, and testimonies from contemporaries of Augustus, which allows multiple perspectives on his character and achievements. This polyphonic narrative structure not only humanizes Augustus but also interrogates the nature of power, leadership, and legacy. In portraying Augustus as both a pragmatic statesman and a figure of almost mythic significance, Buchan reflects his own preoccupation with duty, empire, and moral responsibility, themes that resonate across his wider body of work.
Augustus.
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