Imperium
From the Sunday Times bestselling author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornerstone
Published:1st Oct '09
Should be back in stock very soon
'Masterful' Sunday Times Ancient Rome is the setting for the stunning new novel from Robert Harris, the number one bestselling author of Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel and Pompeii.
When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events which will eventually propel his master into one of the most famous courtroom dramas in history. The stranger is a Sicilian, a victim of the island's corrupt Roman governor, Verres.
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'Masterful' Sunday Times
'Gripping and accomplished' Guardian
'Truly gifted, razor-sharp' Daily Telegraph
Ancient Rome teems with ambitious and ruthless men. None is more brilliant than Marcus Cicero. A rising young lawyer, backed by a shrewd wife, he decides to gamble everything on one of the most dramatic courtroom battles of all time. Win it, and he could win control of Rome itself. Lose it, and he is finished forever.
Imperium is an epic account of the timeless struggle for power and the sudden disintegration of a society.
'In Harris' hands, the great game becomes a beautiful one' The Times
'A further step forward by this brilliant man who excels in everything he writers' Sunday Telegraph
Harris's best so far, rapid and compelling in narrative, copious in detail, thoroughly researched but also, which is more important, thoroughly imagined... Irresistible * Sunday Telegraph *
In Harris's hands, the great game becomes a beautiful one * The Times *
Genres ancient and modern have rarely been so skilfully synthesised... Gripping and accomplished * The Guardian *
A joy to read in every way, and as a mirror to the politics of our present age has no equal * The Independent *
Harris deploys the devices of the thriller writer to trace the perils and triumphs of Cicero's ascent ... A finely accomplished recreation of the power struggles of more than two millenniums ago * The Observer *
ISBN: 9780099527664
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 29mm
Weight: 341g
496 pages