Cicero's Tongue: The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic by Edwards, Catharine
Cicero's Tongue: The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic by Edwards, Catharine

Cicero's Tongue: The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic

A new biography of Cicero, one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history.When the...
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Author: Catharine Edwards
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Cicero's Tongue: The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic by Edwards, Catharine

Cicero's Tongue: The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic

$39.60
Cicero's Tongue: The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic by Edwards, Catharine

Cicero's Tongue: The Life of Rome's Greatest Orator and the End of the Republic

$39.60
Author: Catharine Edwards
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A new biography of Cicero, one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history.

When the Roman statesman Cicero was murdered in 43 BCE, his head was cut off, and his tongue pierced with pins - a final, brutal act of revenge against a man whose words had shaped a generation and made him many enemies. Rising from provincial obscurity to the highest elected office in Rome, Cicero became the greatest orator of his age, a figure who believed that speech itself could defend a republic.

Yet Cicero was far more than a master of rhetoric. His long and turbulent life unfolded alongside the collapse of the Roman Republic, and often at its very centre. He moved among Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, crushed a conspiracy that threatened the foundations of Rome, and cast himself as the republic's last hope. His writings on politics, philosophy, and society would prove enormously influential, while his uneasy response to the rise of autocratic power continues to provoke admiration and debate.

In this gripping new biography, the distinguished classicist Catharine Edwards brings Cicero vividly to life, revealing both the brilliance and the contradictions of a man caught between principle and ambition. At a moment when democratic institutions feel fragile, and the power of persuasion is once again under scrutiny, Cicero's life speaks to us with renewed urgency.

Author: Catharine Edwards
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 09/15/2026
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.48w x 1.42d
ISBN: 9781250328465


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2026
Library Journal 09/11/2026 pg. 1

About the Author
CATHARINE EDWARDS is a professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck, University of London where she has been since 2006, and is one of the world's foremost experts on Roman History. A Fellow of the British Academy, she has published extensively on Roman cultural history, including academic books. She translated Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars for Oxford World's Classics, is a regular contributor for the BBC, and writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement.
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