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Imperium (Paperback)
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Imperium (Paperback)
Series: Cicero Trilogy
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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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