Carmen by Prosper Mérimée: “I had hired a guide and a couple of horses at Cordova, and had started on my way with no luggage save a few shirts, and Caesar's _Commentaries_.”
Grant by Ron Chernow: “Grant was overjoyed when Twain told him his memoirs would stand alongside Caesar's Commentaries for purity, simplicity, and fairness and qualify as "the best purely narrative literature in the language."”
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow: “ean to make any figure upon the stage, that you should take the first steps right.”7 From their letters, we can also tell that George and Colonel Fairfax shared copies of Caesar’s Commentaries and a life of Alexander the Great and frequently swapped views on military heroes from antiquity.”