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Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy. The stories of these real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their brilliance and their crimes - are all interleaved to form this epic novel. Its narrator is Tiro, a slave who serves as confidential secretary to the wily, humane, complex Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous position to be in. From the discovery of a child's mutilated body, through judicial execution and a scandalous trial, to the brutal unleashing of the Roman mob, Lustrum is a study in the timeless enticements and horrors of power.
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Lustrum, Robert Harris
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- Lustrum
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Harris
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0099522691
- ISBN13
- 9780099522690
- Series
- The Roman Trilogy
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Politics, Southern Europe, Italy, Ancient History, Rome, Conspiracy, Struggle for Power, Roma, Gypsies, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome, Shooting, Political Novels, Cicero, 106 BC-43 BC
- First published
- 2009
- Original title
- Conspirata
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy. The stories of these real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their brilliance and their crimes - are all interleaved to form this epic novel. Its narrator is Tiro, a slave who serves as confidential secretary to the wily, humane, complex Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous position to be in. From the discovery of a child's mutilated body, through judicial execution and a scandalous trial, to the brutal unleashing of the Roman mob, Lustrum is a study in the timeless enticements and horrors of power.