A review by elisekatherine
The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination by Barry S. Strauss

4.0

An excellent and compelling account of a well-worn set of events - I loved the way that this book was almost written like a true crime story, covering the days leading up to and after the assassination in meticulous detail, looking at all the actors and their motivations, and generally making fresh a story that is (believed to be) widely known.

I especially appreciated the fact that Strauss covered in the text the sources he was using and up-front assessed (and continued to assess throughout) their reliability and likely biases. As someone who frequently gets frustrated with the use of primary sources in classical history, it was a breath of fresh air.