Lustrum (Conspirata)

PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024 'A pure thriller . . . wry, clever, thoughtful, with a terrific sense of timing and eye for character' Observer 'No one delivers thrilling yet timeless games of power, sex, fame and Rome like Robert Harris' Sunday Telegraph Rome, 63 BC. Seven men are struggling for power: Cicero the consul, Caesar his ruthless rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath and Clodius an ambitious playboy. These real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions - are all interleaved in Lustrum , through its narrator Tiro, a confidential secretary to Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets - a dangerous position to be in. 'Thoroughly engaging . . . The allure of power and the perils that attend it have seldom been so brilliantly anatomised in a thriller' Sunday Times Rome, 63 Bc. In A City On The Brink Of Acquiring A Vast Empire, Seven Men Are Struggling For Power. Cicero Is Consul, Caesar His Ruthless Young Rival, Pompey The Republic's Greatest General, Crassus Its Richest Man, Cato A Political Fanatic, Catilina A Psychopath, Clodius An Ambitious Playboy. The Stories Of These Real Historical Figures - Their Alliances And Betrayals, Their Cruelties And Seductions, Their Brilliance And Their Crimes - Are All Interleaved To Form This Epic Novel. Its Narrator Is Tiro, A Slave Who Serves As Confidential Secretary To The Wily, Humane, Complex Cicero. He Knows All His Master's Secrets - A Dangerous Position To Be In. From The Discovery Of A Child's Mutilated Body, Through Judicial Execution And A Scandalous Trial, To The Brutal Unleashing Of The Roman Mob, Lustrum Is A Study In The Timeless Enticements And Horrors Of Power. Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy. The stories of these real historical figures--their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their brilliance and their crimes--are interleaved in this epic novel. Its narrator is Tiro, a slave who serves as confidential secretary to the wily, humane, complex Cicero. He knows all his master's secrets--a dangerous position to be in It was Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power - Cicero is consul; Caesar, his ruthless young rival; Pompey, the republic's greatest general; Crassus, its richest man; Cato, a political fanatic; Catilina, a psychopath; and, Clodius, an ambitious playboy From the discovery of a child's mutilated body, through judicial execution and a scandalous trial, to the brutal unleashing of the Roman mob, this book presents a study in timeless enticements and horrors of power.