Robert Harris
Imperium
(Cicero Trilogy 1)
Buch
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. The senator is Cicero, a brilliant young lawyer and spellbinding orator, determined to attain IMPERIUM - supreme power in the state. This is the starting-point of Robert Harris's most accomplished and critically acclaimed novel to date. Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, it takes us inside the violent,…
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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. The senator is Cicero, a brilliant young lawyer and spellbinding orator, determined to attain IMPERIUM - supreme power in the state. This is the starting-point of Robert Harris's most accomplished and critically acclaimed novel to date. Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, it takes us inside the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, to describe how one man - clever, compassionate, devious, and vulnerable - fought to reach the top.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-09-940631-0
- EAN: 9780099406310
- Produktnummer: 2545604
- Verlag: Random House UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 496 S.
- Ausstattung: A-Format Paperback
- Masse: H17.7 cm x B11.1 cm x D3.8 cm 261 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 01
- Gewicht: 261
Über den Autor
Robert Harris is the author of fourteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep and V2. Several of his books have been filmed, including The Ghost, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into forty languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.
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