Lustrum

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Plt;bPgt;FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHORPlt;/bPgt;

Plt;bPgt;P#39;A pure thriller . . . wry, clever, thoughtful, with a terrific sense of timing and eye for characterP#39; Plt;iPgt;ObserverPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;No one delivers thrilling yet timeless games of power, sex, fame and Rome like Robert HarrisP#39; Plt;iPgt;Sunday TelegraphPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Rome, 63 BC. Seven men are struggling for power: Cicero the consul, Caesar his ruthless rival, Pompey the republicP#39;s greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath and Clodius an ambitious playboy.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;These real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions - are all interleaved in Plt;iPgt;LustrumPlt;/iPgt;, through its narrator Tiro, a confidential secretary to Cicero. He knows all his masterP#39;s secrets - a dangerous position to be in.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;Thoroughly engaging . . . The allure of power and the perils that attend it have seldom been so brilliantly anatomised in a thrillerP#39; Plt;iPgt;Sunday TimesPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780099406327
Published: July 2010

Number of pages: 496
Width: 131 mm
Height: 199 mm
Depth: 34 mm

Publisher: Cornerstone