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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
Rubicon: The Death of the Republic – Part One
The year is 49 BC, and Rome is rotting from within—gripped by corruption, paranoia, and the brittle illusion of order.
On the banks of the Rubicon, beneath a grey, cold sky, one man stands poised to tear the Republic apart. Julius Caesar—general, statesman, would-be saviour or tyrant—knows that crossing this shallow river means one thing: civil war. The Senate has ordered him to surrender. His enemies wait in Rome, knives drawn and oaths broken.
But Caesar does not blink.
With one step into the water, he makes his choice. "Alea iacta est." The die is cast. There is no going back.
What drives a man to gamble everything—his life, his legacy, the very soul of Rome itself?
This is a story not just of ambition, but of betrayal, fear, blood, and the dark pull of destiny. Because sometimes, the only way to seize power… is to burn the world that stands in your way.
Join Keith as he walks with Caesar to the edge of the abyss—and steps across.
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