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Imprint: Arrow
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Published: 01/10/2009
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ISBN: 9780099527664
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Length: 496 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 31mm x 129mm
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Weight: 341g
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RRP: £8.99
'Masterful' Sunday Times
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Ancient Rome. 70 B.C.
A city rippling with power - and with no shortage of men who would wield it...
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.
Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, Imperium takes us into the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, and the quest of one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable, and above all Roman - to reach the top.
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A stunning novel of power and ambition from Robert Harris, the number one bestselling author of Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel and Pompeii.
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Imprint: Arrow
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Published: 01/10/2009
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ISBN: 9780099527664
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Length: 496 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 31mm x 129mm
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Weight: 341g
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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"Harris's best so far, rapid and compelling in narrative, copious in detail, thoroughly researched but also, which is more important, thoroughly imagined... Irresistible"
Allan Massie, Sunday Telegraph
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"In Harris's hands, the great game becomes a beautiful one"
The Times
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"Genres ancient and modern have rarely been so skilfully synthesised... Gripping and accomplished"
Tom Holland, The Guardian
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"A joy to read in every way, and as a mirror to the politics of our present age has no equal"
The Independent
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"Harris deploys the devices of the thriller writer to trace the perils and triumphs of Cicero's ascent ... A finely accomplished recreation of the power struggles of more than two millenniums ago"
The Observer
