Caesar Augustus and the Future

A Fictional Reshaping of Government

De: Clark A. Hiddleston

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Meet the new President of the United States--a woman with an inquiring mind and an appreciation of history.

In an attempt to save American democracy, Madame President asks a professor of ancient studies at Georgetown University to advise her on how Rome could have prevented the loss of its republic. Was Rome's civil strife really similar to ours?

Because the professor is married to an up-and-coming senator from the political party opposite of the President, complications arise.

Running a democratic government proves to be a delicate and difficult task.

Raises Many Questions about Our Political System and that of Augustus—From the Author

By superimposing the age of Augustus on our future, I hoped to raise more questions than I answered. For instance, did you ever work for someone and gradually realize their effectiveness came from behind the scenes maneuvering? When did the professor in our story find something amiss at the White House? Should political standards be different after a period of civil unrest or war? Did the professor compromise his identity by accepting the President’s offer to move him to the opulent Yellow Oval Room? Was he helping a President who accomplished much for the American people, or did he unwittingly provide an ancient roadmap of how to amass power? In this audiobook, discover for yourself what was done in the first century and how it might be similar to our 21st century. Concerning the narrator, I picked an expressive virtual voice. I spent several days interacting with the artificial intelligence to get the inflections and pauses right for the intended emotions. I liked his enthusiasm and found him humanish!