Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. STOCK PHOTOS MAY VARY FROM THE ACTUAL ITEM. ACTUAL PHOTOS AVAIL. UPON REQUEST. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Thornton Wilder describes this novel as "a fantasia on certain events and persons of the last days of the Roman republic." But more than that, THE IDES OF MARCH brings vividly to life a host of colorful historical characters, foremost among them Julius Caesar-one of the most magnificent personalities of all time. Through Mr. Wilder's rich and imaginative vision, Caesar the human being is seen as he appeared to himself, his family, his legions, and his Rome, during the months preceding his assassination. Here is the breadth and depth of all human experience, revealed with subtle brilliance, great originality, and surging narrative power.When THE IDES OF MARCH first appeared, the Atlantic Monthly said, "Mr. Wilder has brought to his character the warmth which was totally lacking in the Caesar of schoolbooks and Shakespeare." The New York Herald Tribune called this novel "fascinating... vivid, glowing, and powerful" and added, "No one but a boldly imaginative writer would have ventured to do this, and no one without Mr. Wilder's extraordinary literary power... would have succeeded so brilliantly.