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A Novel Of Ancient Rome
Cicero Series #2
Simon & Schuster
February 2010
On Sale: February 2, 2010
352 pages
ISBN: 0743266102
EAN: 9780743266109
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On the eve of Marcus Cicero's inauguration as consul of
Rome, the grisly death of a boy sends ripples of fear
through a city already wracked by civil unrest, crime, and
debauchery of every kind. Felled by a hammer, his throat
slit and his organs removed, the young slave appears to have
been offered as a human sacrifice, forbidden as an
abomination in the Roman Republic. For Cicero, the ill
forebodings of this hideous murder only increase his
frustrations and the dangers he already faces as Rome's
leader: elected by the people but despised by the heads of
the two rival camps, the patricians and populists. Caught
in a political shell game that leaves him forever putting
out fires only to have them ignite elsewhere, Cicero plays
both for the future of the republic and his very life. There
is a plot to assassinate Cicero, abetted by a rising young
star of the Roman senate named Gaius Julius Caesar -- and it
will take all the embattled consul's wit, strength, and
force of will to stop it and keep Rome from becoming a
dictatorship. In this second novel of his Roman trilogy,
following the bestselling Imperium, Robert Harris
once again weaves a compelling and historically accurate
tale of intrigue told in the wise and compassionate voice of
Cicero's slave and private secretary, Tiro. In the manner of
I, Claudius, Harris vividly evokes ancient Rome and
its politics for today's readers, documenting a world not
unlike our own -- where the impulse toward dominance
competes with the risk of overreach, where high-minded
ideals can be a liability, and where someone is always
waiting in the wings for a chance to set the world on fire.
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