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CICERO TRILOGY - T04 - IMPERIUM

Code EAN13: 9780099527664

Auteur : HARRIS ROBERT

Éditeur : ARROW


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Bestselling British author Harris (Pompeii; Enigma) returns to ancient Rome for this entertaining and enlightening novel of Marcus Cicero's rise to power. Narrated by a household slave named Tiro, who actually served as Cicero's "confidential secretary" for 36 years, this fictional biography follows the statesman and orator from his early career as an outsider—a "new man" from the provinces—to his election to the consulship, Rome's highest office, in 64 B.C. Loathed by the aristocrats, Cicero lived by his wits in a tireless quest for imperium—the ultimate power of life and death—and achieves "his life's ambition" after uncovering a plot by Marcus Crassus and Julius Caesar to rig the elections and seize control of the government. Harris's description of Rome's labyrinthine, and sometimes deadly, political scene is fascinating and instructive. The action is relentless, and readers will be disappointed when Harris leaves Cicero at the moment of his greatest triumph. Given Cicero's stormy consulship, his continuing opposition to Julius Caesar and his own assassination, readers can only hope a sequel is in the works. Until then, this serves as a superb first act. 350,000 announced first priting; 10-city author tour. (Sept.)
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  • EAN
    9780099527664
  • Auteur
  • Éditeur
    ARROW
  • Genre
    Littérature - Romans
  • Date de parution
    01/10/2009
  • Support
    Broché
  • Description du format
    Version Papier
  • Poids
    340 g
  • Hauteur
    198 mm
  • Largeur
    129 mm
  • Épaisseur
    31 mm
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