Agrippa

THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, BBC CULTURE, THE MIRROR AND RADIO TIMESThe Sunday Times number one bestselling author returns to Ancient Rome in his latest thriller.'A persuasive portrait of rivalry in Ancient Rome' SAM LEITH, GUARDIAN'A fascinating study of how power corrupts' THE TIMESJulius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar s 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir.The other is Octavius s closest friend, Agrippa.To claim Octavius s inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes the Emperor Augustus. For twenty years, they rule the world together.Now Agrippa is fifty. Ailing and alone, betrayed by his wife s infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the Bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs. Yet to stir up the past can be dangerous. From his earliest meetings