Book Description

Master of historical fiction Robert Harris lures readers back in time to the treacherous world of Roman politics and into the compelling life of Marcus Cicero. The re-creation of a vanished biography written by his husband slave and right-hand man, Tiro, Imperium follows Cicero’s extraordinary struggle to attain supreme power in Rome

On a cold November morning, Tiro opens the door to find a terrified, bedraggled stranger begging for help. Once a Sicilian aristocrat, the man was robbed by the corrupt Roman governor, Verres, who is now trying to convict him under false pretenses and sentence him to a violent death. The man claims that only the great senator Marcus Cicero, one of Rome’s most ambitious lawyers and spellbinding orators, can bring him justice in a crooked society manipulated by the villainous governor. But for Cicero, it is a chance to prove himself worthy of absolute power. What follows is one of the most gripping courtroom dramas in history, and the beginning of a quest for political glory by a man who fought his way to the top using only his voice – defeating the most daunting figures in Roman history

Book Dimension

length: (cm)17.2 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)10.6

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