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Rearview Mirror Chronicles
Keith Hockton, FRAS, is a writer, publisher, and award-winning podcaster based in Penang, Malaysia, with a deep passion for uncovering the stories that shaped our world. As the Southeast Asia Editor for International Living magazine, Keith explores the intersections of history, culture, and modern life across the region.
A dynamic lecturer and storyteller, he speaks internationally on Southeast Asian politics, economics, and history—bringing the past to life with clarity, wit, and insight. Keith is also a proud Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and is on a mission to make history not only accessible but genuinely entertaining for everyone.
His published books include:
• Atlas of Australian Dive Sites - Travellers Edition (Harper Collins Australia, 2003).
• Penang - An inside guide to its historic homes, buildings, monuments and parks (MPH Publishing, 2012; 2nd Edition 2014; 3rd Edition 2017).
• Festivals of Malaysia (Trafalgar Publishing, 2015).
• The Habitat Penang Hill: A pocket history (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)
• Alana and the Secret Life of Trees at Night (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)
• Penang Then & Now: A Century of Change in Pictures (Entrepot Publishing, 2019; 2nd Edition 2021
• Bersama Lima - Five Together (Entrepot Publishing, 2022)
www.entrepotpublishing.com
Rearview Mirror Chronicles
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
He was trapped—pinned against the marble floor. Blood pooled beneath him. Shadows loomed. The faces were twisted, unrecognisable. The knives rose and fell, again and again. And then, through the blur of pain, he saw Brutus.
The most infamous assassination in history wasn’t just murder—it was theatre. Cold. Calculated. Ritualistic. The end of Julius Caesar came not on the battlefield, but in the heart of Rome, at the hands of men he once called allies.
But how did it come to this?
From the brutal conquest of Gaul and the invasion of Britain, to the defeat of Pompey, the fall of the Republic, and the passion of Cleopatra—Caesar carved his name into history with blood and brilliance. He was crowned Imperator, worshiped by the people, feared by the Senate.
And yet, at the height of his power, with the world in his grasp—he never saw the knives coming.
Join Keith as he delves into the rise and terrifying fall of Julius Caesar—warrior, statesman, lover, tyrant—and explores whether his death was justice… or simply envy in a toga.
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