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.

BOOK ONE IN THE CICERO TRILOGY FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Masterful' Sunday Times 'Gripping and accomplished' Guardian 'Truly gifted, razor-sharp' Daily Telegraph Ancient Rome 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. Imperium is an epic account of the timeless struggle for power and the sudden disintegration of a society. 'In Harris' hands, the great game becomes a beautiful one' The Times 'A further step forward by this brilliant man who excels in everything he writers' Sunday Telegraph There are currently two different covers and possibly a mix of stock until December 2022. They will be assigned at random.

Details

ISBN13: 9780099527664
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 496
Edition:
Publication Date: 01 Oct 2009
Publisher: Cornerstone
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)x3.2(W)343
Weight (gm): 343

Author Biography

Robert Harris is the author of fifteen 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, V2 and Act of Oblivion. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.

Reviews

Harris's best so far, rapid and compelling in narrative, copious in detail, thoroughly researched but also, which is more important, thoroughly imagined... Irresistible * Sunday Telegraph *
In Harris's hands, the great game becomes a beautiful one * The Times *
Genres ancient and modern have rarely been so skilfully synthesised... Gripping and accomplished * The Guardian *
A joy to read in every way, and as a mirror to the politics of our present age has no equal * The Independent *
Harris deploys the devices of the thriller writer to trace the perils and triumphs of Cicero's ascent ... A finely accomplished recreation of the power struggles of more than two millenniums ago * The Observer *
Fascinating … Imperium masterfully dramatises issues not only pertinent to a vanished world but to our own * The Sunday Times *

Harris [is] a truly gifted, razor-sharp writer... Enormously
entertaining

* Daily Telegraph *
Harris's best so far, rapid and compelling in narrative, copious in detail, thoroughly researched but also, which is more important, thoroughly imagined... Irresistible * Sunday Telegraph *
In Harris's hands, the great game becomes a beautiful one * The Times *
Genres ancient and modern have rarely been so skilfully synthesised... Gripping and accomplished * The Guardian *