description: From the bestselling author of Pompeii comes the first volume in an exciting new trilogy set in ancient Rome — an imaginary biography of Cicero, Rome’s first and greatest politician.Of all the great figures of Roman times, none was more fascinating or attractive than Marcus Cicero. A brilliant lawyer and orator, a famous wit and philosopher, he launched himself at the age of twenty-seven into the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics. Cicero was determined to attain imperium, the supreme power in the state. Beside him at all times in his struggle to reach the top — the office of Consul — was his confidential secretary, Tiro. An accomplished man, Tiro was the inventor of shorthand and the author of numerous books, including a famous life of Cicero, unfortunately lost in the Dark Ages.In Imperium, Robert Harris recreates Tiro’s vanished masterpiece, recounting in vivid detail the story of Cicero’s rise to power, from radical young lawyer to first citizen of Rome, competing with men such as Pompey, Caesar, Crassus and Cato. Harris’s Cicero is an immensely sympathetic figure. In his introduction to this imaginary memoir, Taro states: “Cicero was unique in the history of the Roman republic in that he pursued supreme power with no resources to help him apart from his own talent... All he had was his voice, and by sheer effort of will, he turned it into the most famous voice in the world.”
language: English
title: Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
titlecomplete: Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
characters: Gaius Verres, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Titus Pomponius Atticus, Lucius Lucullus, Cato the Younger, Manius Acilius Glabrio, Quintus Lutatius Catulus Capitolinus, Servilia (mother of Brutus), Lucius Afranius, Marcus Antonius, Marcus Tullius Tiro, Metellus Scipio Nasica, Marcus Terentius Varro, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Marcus Caelius Rufus, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Gaius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, Aulus Gabinius, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Servius Sulpicius Rufus, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Terentia, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Tullia, Lucius Manlius Torquatus (praetor 49 BC), Publius Nigidius Figulus, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Marcus Lollius Palicanus, Marcus Fonteius, Lucius Sergius Catilina, Quintus Hortensius Hortalus
genres: Roman, Fiction, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Italy, Ancient History, Historical, Novels, Politics
ratings_count: 33487
places: Italy, Rome
series: Cicero
publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio