Caesar: Escapades in Rome (Ebook)

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2016
Caesar: Escapades In Rome is an excellent collection of short stories based on Julius Caesar by A David Singh. Each story provides an insight into the mind of the great dictator and with motivational messages relevant across all eras.
From the author comes another great narrative , Rubicon,
intimately related to Caesar: Escapades In Rome. It's neither a prequel nor a sequel but a new venture where the protagonist gets dissected from another complimentary angle. Suggestions to readers: Keep a copy of Caesar: Escapades in Rome to read alongside Rubicon, and refer to the map of ancient rome (inside Rubicon) for a truly seamless enriching experience. Don't miss the author's note in Rubicon.

A. David Singh’s Caesar: Escapades in Rome, is a collection of ten short stories about a boy born in July 100 BC, in a small town on the banks of river Tiber whose inhabitants are described as having two attributes: their love for their town, and their love for war. The town was Rome, and the boy’s name was Gaius Julius Caesar.
Among the numerous evocative scenes in the stories and perhaps the most memorable one, is that of Julius Caesar, slumped to the ground, clutching the leg of Alexander’s statue. Caesar weeps upon learning that Alexander had ‘conquered the world, from Greece to India, when he was but thirty’ and believes the statue’s steely gaze mocks Caesar’s paltry accomplishment as a ‘glorified book-keeper’. About a decade later, a determined Caesar would capture Gaul and go on to become the dictator of Rome. Had Caesar succumbed to that moment of insecurity, by Alexander’s statue, history would have indeed been written differently.
The stories will take you on a thrilling journey with Caesar, both within Rome and in the far off lands he conquered. The tales are sprinkled with humor as well as internet links that will whisk you away to the Roman era before Christ. An exhilarating and informative read. Highly recommended.

“Never heard before escapades of Julius Caesar. From a prisoner aboard a pirate galley to the dictator of Rome, how Caesar catches up with his destiny. A. David Singh’s brilliant mind is channeled through Caesar: Escapades in Rome. Elegantly written and brilliantly crafted. Simply loved reading this book. Even though I am always trying to find the time to read, Caesar: Escapades in Rome leaves me begging for more. This book has also infected my book club members in a very short time.” Undoubtedly the best book i have read this year.

It's a triumph. It's not easy to turn historical fact into fiction and at the same time add humor to it. David singh does all this with finesse .A must read for everyone.