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Lustrum
Cicero Trilogy (Related to this series)
- Author
- Robert Harris
- Narrator
- Bill Wallis
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 20 November 2014
- Run Time
- 15 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical fiction
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What to expect
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.
Critics Review
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Harris is the master. With Lustrum, [he] has surpassed himself. It is one of the most exciting thrillers I have ever read
Evening Standard
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Harris communicates such a strong sense of imperial Rome - the book is awesomely well-informed about the minutiae of everyday life
Guardian
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Thoroughly engaging ... The allure of power and the perils that attend it have seldom been so brilliantly anatomised in a thriller
Sunday Times
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Harris never makes his comparisons between Rome and modern Britain explicit, but they are certainly there. And that's the principal charm of his ancient thrillers - their up-to-dateness
Sunday Telegraph
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Magnificent ... Better than Robert Graves's Claudius novels
Standpoint
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A read to be savoured
Scotland on Sunday
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Wry, clever, thoughtful, with a terrific sense of timing and eye for character.
Observer
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Thrillingly paced and narrated ... What grips most about Lustrum is the seriousness with which the political issues at stake are taken, and the vividness of the characterisation
Spectator
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Offers great insight into the psychology of political calculation
Independent
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Deeply satisfying, impeccably researched and spectacularly topical ... This is a thriller to die for ... The pace never falters, and the politics are sharply relevant
Daily Mail
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Details
- Author
- Robert Harris
- Narrator
- Bill Wallis
- Duration
- 15 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 November 2014
- ISBN
- 9781473517424
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Historical fiction
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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