There are any number of history books to send you to sleep.  But there are also some to keep you wide awake.  This one, for example, Caesar's Druid.  Eminently readable.

(Reinhardt Stumm, Tages-Anzeiger, 30. 04. 1999)

An opulent work -- incredibly exciting.  

(Jürg Kilchherr, Radio Bern,  24. 10. 1998)

Packed with suspense, this Caesar, ... a gripping historical novel. 

 (Monica Hitchmann, Sonntagsblick, 7. 09. 1998)

With its gripping style and, above all, with its vast detailed knowledge, Cueni's book is thoroughly convincing.  

(H.P. Honegger, Schweizer Familie, 19. 11. 1998)

A tremendous wealth of images and stories. ...  You can really let yourself drift away and forget what is going on in present-day life. 

 (Madelaine Hirsiger, Radio DRS 1, 20. 11. 1998)

A historical thriller ... an entertaining blockbuster.  

(Oltener Tagblatt, 13. 11. 1998)

Debts and unfettered ambition are the reasons behind Caesar's Gallic War, which he unleashes against the will of the Roman Senate, confronted as he is with the constant danger of destruction at the hands of an enemy vastly superior in numbers.  This view of history, down to earth and harbouring no illusions, forms the strength of Claude Cueni's epic novel and is the result of years of meticulous research.  Thus the principal characters do not emerge as marble statues, but as human beings, whose thoughts and emotions can be readily appreciated in any age. 

 (Metzinger Volksblatt, Germany, 3. 12. 1998)

The book is remarkable for its detailed and realistic portrayal.  The description of historical fact is, however, never indulged in at the expense of maintaining tension.  Cueni's narrative style flows, he is a master of building dramatic suspense -- in this respect, his experience as a scriptwriter for Tatort (Scene of the Crime -- a television crime series) is clearly in evidence. 

 (Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, 9. 01. 1999)

This 500-page blockbuster is a book for fans of the historical novel and is ideally suited to long winter evenings ... quite simply great entertainment.  Switzerland is not generally regarded as a seal of quality for literature packed with suspense.  ...  So it is all the more surprising when a Swiss writer goes to work and rewrites the story of the Gallic War in such a fresh and entertaining way.  From the very first pages, he sets off a firework display in the style of the craftiest of thriller writers.  

(Christian Gattiker, Solothurner Zeitung, 13. 11. 1998)

Caesar's Druid calls itself 'a novel' and is over 500 pages in length, but in fact it is neither a novel nor a bulky blockbuster, but a picture book, crammed full of Roman conquerors, Celtic heroes, powerful gods and timeless love.  

(Alex Bänniger, Radio DRS 1)