Lustrum - Couverture rigide

Harris, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0091801001 ISBN 13 : 9780091801007

Editeur : Hutchinson, 2009

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Harris is the author of Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, Imperium and The Ghost, all of which were international bestsellers. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages. After graduating with a degree in English from Cambridge University, he worked as a reporter for the BBC's Panorama and Newsnight programmes, before becoming political editor of the Observer and subsequently a columnist on the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph. He is married to Gill Hornby and they live with their four children in a village near Hungerford.

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Praise for Robert Harris

'A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock' Nelson Mandela, Guardian

Praise for Pompeii

'Blazingly exciting... Harris gives full vent to his genius for thrilling narrative' Peter Kemp, Sunday Times

Praise for The Ghost

'An unputdownable thriller about corrupt power and sex, written with an insider's mischievous intimacy' Books of the Year, Sunday Telegraph

Praise for Imperium

'Effortlessly slick and enjoyable... Harris handles the big set pieces superbly, especially a knock-down, drag-out fight for the consulship... Bring on the next instalment' Economist

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hutchinson
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091801001
• ISBN 13: 9780091801007
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible