Often simply called "Caesar," Caius Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 BC) is the most well-known Roman. He rose quickly through the cursus honorum as a young man, and eventually conquered Gaul as general following his co-consulship with Bibulus. His Gallic campaign is arguably his best war effort, and he memorialized his campaign in "De Bello Gallico." Caesar became Roman Dictator, but was murdered by Roman Senators on the Ides of March (March 15) 44 BC. Caesar led to the end of the Roman Republic and the start of the Roman Empire. This translation by W.A. MacDevitt offers rich insights into the...

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum (opium and alcohol) addiction and its effect on his life. The Confessions was "the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight..."

A collection of classic mystery and detective stories. Contents: CHARLES DICKENS: The Haunted House No. I Branch Line: The Signal Man BULWER-LYTTON: The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain The Incantation THOMAS DE QUINCEY: The Avenger CHARLES ROBERT MATURIN: Melmoth the Wanderer LAURENCE STERNE: A Mystery with a Moral WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: On Being Found Out The Notch on the Ax ANONYMOUS Bourgonef The Closed Cabinet

Thomas De Quincey: Bekenntnisse eines englischen Opiumessers

Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch

Berliner Ausgabe, 2017

Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger

• Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Erstdruck: 1821 in zwei Teilen im London Magazine, 1822 in Buchform. Hier in der Ubersetzung von Leopold Heinemann, Berlin, Weltgeist-Bucher Verl.-Ges., 1927.

Herausgeber der Reihe: Michael Holzinger

Reihengestaltung: Viktor Harvion

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