A review by tartancrusader
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar by Tom Holland

4.0

This should have been 5 stars, it really should. When it was good (and this was 80% of the time) it was unwaveringly excellent. Unfortunately there were times that I got the distinct impression that Holland was positively revelling (in an oily, rubbing-together-of-hands, way that left me feeling vaguely soiled) in all the sordidness and iniquity perpetrated at the extremes of House of Caesar's behavior.

So, then, there was much to be admired and respected in this work, but so too was it shot through with darkly gleaming veins of ghastliness. Much like the House of Caesar itself, I suppose.