The Ides of March (novel)

The Ides of March
First edition
AuthorThornton Wilder
LanguageEnglish
SubjectJulius Caesar
GenreHistorical fiction
PublisherHarper & Brothers
Publication date
February 18, 1948[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages246 pp
OCLC519672619
LC ClassPZ3.W6468 Id

The Ides of March is an epistolary novel by Thornton Wilder that was published in 1948. In the author's words, it is 'a fantasia on certain events and persons of the last days of the Roman republic. Historical reconstruction is not among the primary aims of this work'. The novel deals with the characters and events leading to, and culminating in, the assassination of Julius Caesar.

  1. ^ "Authors and Books". The Bronxville-Review Press. Bronxville, NY: 2. February 5, 1948.