Anthony Trollope

On Julius Cesar's Commentaries (Illustrated) Anthony Trollope

Napoleon III in his Histoire de Jules Cesar argued that great men are not bound by moral law. Trollope disagrees with this view, and his on recapitulations of Cesar's Commentaries, he presents a picture of Cesar as immoral and cruel. Trollope writes: "It is the object of this little volume to describe Cesar's Commentaries for the aid of those who do not read Latin, and not to write Roman history; but it may be well to say something, in a few introductory lines, of the life and character of our author." Will Cesar really remain unscathed and stand as a god? Whether Trollope accomplishes his goal is for the reader to determine.