Imperium: From the Sunday Times bestselling author - Couverture souple

Harris, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099527669 ISBN 13 : 9780099527664

Editeur : Arrow, 2009

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'Masterful' Sunday Times
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Ancient Rome. 70 B.C.
A city rippling with power - and with no shortage of men who would wield it...

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.

Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, Imperium takes us into the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, and the quest of one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable, and above all Roman - to reach the top.
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A stunning novel of power and ambition from Robert Harris, the number one bestselling author of Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel and Pompeii.

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'Harris's best so far, rapid and compelling in narrative, copious in detail, thoroughly researched, but also, which is more important, thoroughly imagined... Irresistible'
Allan Massie, Sunday Telegraph

Ancient Rome - 'a city of glory built on a river of filth' - 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.

Internationally acclaimed for its storytelling power and historical accuracy, Robert Harris's new novel is an epic account of the timeless struggle for power and the sudden disintegration of a society.

'Genres ancient and modern have rarely been so skilfully synthesised... Gripping and accomplished'
Tom Holland, Guardian

'A joy to read in every way, and as a mirror to the politics of our present age has no equal'
Independent

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Arrow
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0099527669
• ISBN 13: 9780099527664
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496