Lustrum is a historical novel, the second volume of a trilogy, following the career of Cicero, the brilliant statesman and lawyer of Republican Rome. Harris creates a believable and engaging tale of political ambition and it's risks.
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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
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2009
- Reliure
- (rigide)
Modes de paiement
- Titre
- Lustrum
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Robert Harris
- Éditeur
- Hutchinson
- Publié
- 2009
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN10
- 0091801001
- ISBN13
- 9780091801007
- Séries
- La Trilogie Romaine
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Polars & Thrillers, Romans historiques, Thriller, Politique, Italie, Europe du Sud, Époque antique, Rome, Conspirations, Lutte pour le pouvoir, Roms, Empire romain, Rome antique, Tir, Romans politiques, Cicéron, 106 av. J.-C.-43 av. J.-C.
- Première publication
- 2009
- Titre original
- Conspirata
- Évaluation
- 4,2 sur 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.