Imperium : a novel of ancient Rome
Harris, Robert
Imperium : a novel of ancient Rome / Robert Harris - New York : Simon & Schuster , 2006 - 305 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
When Tiro, the confidential secretary (and slave) of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events that will eventually propel his master into one of the most suspenseful courtroom dramas in history. The stranger is a Sicilian, a victim of the island's corrupt Roman governor, Verres. The senator is Marcus Cicero -- an ambitious young lawyer and spellbinding orator, who at the age of twenty-seven is determined to attain "imperium" -- supreme power in the state. Of all the great figures of the Roman world, none was more fascinating or charismatic than Cicero. And Tiro -- the inventor of shorthand and author of numerous books, including a celebrated biography of his master (which was lost in the Dark Ages) -- was always by his side. Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, "Imperium" is the re-creation of his vanished masterpiece, recounting in vivid detail the story of Cicero's quest for glory, competing with some of the most powerful and intimidating figures of his -- or any other -- age: Pompey, Caesar, Crassus, and the many other powerful Romans who changed history.
9780743266031
2006044393
Tiro, M. Tullius , 103 B.C. or 104 B.C. ----Fiction
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Rome---History---Republic, 265-30 B.C.----Fiction
Historical fiction
PR6058.A69147 / I47 2006
FIC HAR
Imperium : a novel of ancient Rome / Robert Harris - New York : Simon & Schuster , 2006 - 305 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
When Tiro, the confidential secretary (and slave) of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events that will eventually propel his master into one of the most suspenseful courtroom dramas in history. The stranger is a Sicilian, a victim of the island's corrupt Roman governor, Verres. The senator is Marcus Cicero -- an ambitious young lawyer and spellbinding orator, who at the age of twenty-seven is determined to attain "imperium" -- supreme power in the state. Of all the great figures of the Roman world, none was more fascinating or charismatic than Cicero. And Tiro -- the inventor of shorthand and author of numerous books, including a celebrated biography of his master (which was lost in the Dark Ages) -- was always by his side. Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, "Imperium" is the re-creation of his vanished masterpiece, recounting in vivid detail the story of Cicero's quest for glory, competing with some of the most powerful and intimidating figures of his -- or any other -- age: Pompey, Caesar, Crassus, and the many other powerful Romans who changed history.
9780743266031
2006044393
Tiro, M. Tullius , 103 B.C. or 104 B.C. ----Fiction
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Rome---History---Republic, 265-30 B.C.----Fiction
Historical fiction
PR6058.A69147 / I47 2006
FIC HAR
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