Excellent book and as unbelievably successful in characterization and plotting as the first in the series. I've reread this several times and I never tire of the dogged determination of Sulla and his rivalry with Gaius Marius. Sulla is the true hero of the first 2 books, IMO, and while young Julius Caesar begins to get the god treatment from McCullough that tended to drag down the later novels a tad, this is truly Sulla's book. McCullough's handling of all the intricate details of Roman life and politics are amazing, and I'm sure even a newcomer to the world would find themselves sucked in. I mean, sex, politics, murder, war... What's not to love?
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