Imperium: a novel of Ancient Rome
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From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii comes the most provocative and brilliant novel of antiquity since I, Claudius - Imperium a cautionary tale of Cicero, the greatest orator of all time, and his extraordinary struggle for power in Rome. When Tiro, the confidential secretary (and slave) of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events that will eventually propel his master into one of the most suspenseful courtroom dramas in history. The stranger is a Sicilian, a victim of the island's corrupt Roman governor, Verres. The senator is Marcus Cicero - an ambitious young lawyer and spellbinding orator, who at the age of twenty-seven is determined to attain imperium - supreme power in the state. Of all the great figures of the Roman world, none was more fascinating or charismatic than Cicero. And Tiro - the inventor of shorthand and author of numerous books, including a celebrated biography of his master (which was lost in the Dark Ages) - was always by his side. Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, Imperium is the re-creation of his vanished masterpiece, recounting in vivid detail the story of Cicero's quest for glory, competing with some of the most powerful and intimidating figures of his - or any other - age: Pompey, Caesar, Crassus, and the many other powerful Romans who changed history. Robert Harris, the world's master of innovative historical fiction, lures us into a violent, treacherous world of Roman politics at once exotically different from and yet startlingly similar to our own - a world of Senate intrigue and electoral corruption, special prosecutors and political adventurism - to describe how one clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable man fought to reach the top.
Level 8.6, 23 Points
Notes
Harris, R., & Davies, O. F. (2006). Imperium: a novel of Ancient Rome. Abridged. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Harris, Robert and Oliver Ford, Davies. 2006. Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Harris, Robert and Oliver Ford, Davies, Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio, 2006.
MLA Citation (style guide)Harris, Robert, and Oliver Ford Davies. Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome. Abridged. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio, 2006.
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