Imperium: From the Sunday Times bestselling author (Cicero Trilogy, 1) - Softcover

Harris, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784756148 ISBN 13: 9781784756147

Verlag: Arrow, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

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. The senator is Cicero, a brilliant young lawyer and spellbinding orator, determined to attain imperium - supreme power in the state., This is the starting-point of Robert Harris's most accomplished novel to date. Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, it takes us inside the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, to describe how one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable - fought to reach the top. 'Sometimes it is foolish to articulate an ambition too early - exposing it prematurely to the laughter and scepticism of the world can destroy it before it is even properly born., But sometimes the opposite occurs, and the very act of mentioning a thing makes it suddenly seem possible, even plausible. That was how it was that night. When Cicero pronounced the word "consul" he planted it in the ground like a standard for us all to admire., And for a moment we glimpsed the brilliant, starry future through his eyes, and saw that he was right: that if he took down Verres, he had a chance; that he might - just - with luck - go all the way to the summit...'.

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Críticas:

Praise for "Pompeii"
Blazingly exciting... Harris, as Vesuvius explodes, gives full vent to his genius for thrilling narrative... suffocating suspense and searing action.
"Sunday Times"
As explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history.
"Daily Telegraph""

Praise for Pompeii
Blazingly exciting... Harris, as Vesuvius explodes, gives full vent to his genius for thrilling narrative... suffocating suspense and searing action.
Sunday Times
As explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history.
Daily Telegraph"

Praise for Pompeii
"Blazingly exciting... Harris, as Vesuvius explodes, gives full vent to his genius for thrilling narrative... suffocating suspense and searing action."
-Sunday Times
"As explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history."
-Daily Telegraph

Biografía del autor:

Robert Harris is the author of twelve 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 and most recently, Munich. Several of his books have been filmed, including The Ghost, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into forty languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.

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• Verlag: Arrow
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784756148
• ISBN 13: 9781784756147
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 512