Augustus
John Williams
New York Review Books
WINNER OF THE 1973 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD <br> By the Author of <i>Stoner</i><br><br> In <i>Augustus</i>, his third great novel, John Williams took  on an entirely new challenge, a historical narrative set in classical Rome, exploring the life of the founder of the Roman Empire. To tell the story, Williams turned to the epistolary novel, a genre that was new to him, transforming and transcending it just as he did the western in <i>Butcher's Crossing</i> and the campus novel in <i>Stoner</i>. <i>Augustus</i> is the final triumph of a writer who has come to be recognized around the world as an American master.</br></br></br>