Caesar Dies - Mundy, Talbot

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Résumé :
Commodus is the warrior-emperor with all of ancient Rome and Antioch at his feet. Still, he disguises himself as a gladiator and enters the games, distinguishing himself as a Roman Hercules. Intrigue, poisonings, and gladitorial games at their most blood-thirsty make this a tale of high excitement.

Biographie:
An English author of adventure fiction, Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon, 23 April 1879 - 5 August 1940) was born in London. Walter Galt was the pen name he used while he wrote. His books King of the Khyber Rifles and The Winds of the World are his best-known works. Without any qualifications, Mundy dropped out of Rugby School and relocated to Germany with his beloved fox terrier in search of a job as a van-truck driver. Throughout his life, Mundy was married five times. He was a loving and forgiving stepfather to Dick Ames, the son of his fourth wife, despite the fact that he had lost his own biological child through stillbirth. He never created a written outline for his stories before he actually wrote them. Mundy normally got up around three or four in the morning and worked seven hours a day, six days a week. He enjoyed beginning each chapter of his novels with a proverb or verse. Throughout his life, he smoked a lot of cigarettes-up to fifty a day at one point-but in 1936, due to sickness, he gave up the habit. At age 61, Mundy passed away at home on August 5, 1940, while sleeping. His death was attributed by the certifying physician to diabetes-related myocardial insufficiency. At Florida's Baynard Crematorium in St. Petersburg on August 6, his body was cremated.

Sommaire:
Talbot Mundy was Born in London on April 23, 1879, under the pen name William Lancaster Gribbon, was a well-known British writer of adventure and historical fiction in the early 20th century. Growing up in India, where his father was a British army officer, Mundy was exposed to a variety of cultures and environments that had a significant impact on his writing. During his early years, Mundy was a member of both the British Secret Service and the British Army. These encounters gave him a distinct viewpoint on international relations and different geographical areas, which influenced the complex storylines in his books. The literary legacy of Talbot Mundy is distinguished by his evocative storytelling, detailed depictions of far-off locales, and profound comprehension of the geopolitical environments he portrayed. His investigation of Eastern mysticism and philosophy gave his adventure stories a distinctive edge that made him well-known to readers of the era....