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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2002 by Colleen McCullough
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McCullough, Colleen, date.
The October horse : a novel about Caesar and Cleopatra / Colleen McCullough.
p. cm.
1. Caesar, Julius—Fiction. 2. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C.—Fiction. 3. Rome—History—Republic, 265–30 B.C.—Fiction. 4. Egypt—History—332–30 B.C.—Fiction. 5. Heads of state—Fiction. 6. Generals—Fiction. 7. Queens—Fiction.
I. Title.
PR9619.3.M32 O28 2002

823’.914—dc21

2002032753

ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-1469-8
ISBN-10: 0-7432-1469-2

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