Conspirata is "a portrait of ancient politics as a blood sport," raves The New York Times . As he did with Imperium , Robert Harris again turns Roman history into a gripping thriller as Cicero faces a new power struggle in a world filled with treachery, violence, and vengeance. On the eve of Cicero's inauguration as consul of Rome, a grisly discovery sends fear rippling through a city already racked by unrest. A young slave boy has been felled by a hammer, his throat slit and his organs removed, apparently as a human ...
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Conspirata is "a portrait of ancient politics as a blood sport," raves The New York Times . As he did with Imperium , Robert Harris again turns Roman history into a gripping thriller as Cicero faces a new power struggle in a world filled with treachery, violence, and vengeance. On the eve of Cicero's inauguration as consul of Rome, a grisly discovery sends fear rippling through a city already racked by unrest. A young slave boy has been felled by a hammer, his throat slit and his organs removed, apparently as a human sacrifice. For Cicero, the ill omens of this hideous murder only increase his dangerous situation: elected leader by the people but despised by the heads of the two rival political camps. Caught in a shell game that leaves him forever putting out fires only to have them ignite elsewhere, Cicero plays for the future of the republic...and his life. There is a plot to assassinate him, abetted by a rising young star of the Roman senate named Gaius Julius Caesar--and it will take all the embattled consul's wit, strength, and force of will to stop the plot and keep Rome from becoming a dictatorship.
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There is a reason why Robert Harris is so popular among histrocial fiction readers: it's because he knows his Roman history well and can place the reader there. If you haven't heard of this author before and was wondering just how he is as an author, wonder no more. Not only does he write a fascinating story in itself, but his historcial back-drop of ancient Rome and Roman society just oozes with detail and richness. So, if you have an interest in reading a beautiful story with a Roman setting, Robert Harris is your author. You'll be happy that you picked his book up and will soon be hooked to read even more wonderful historical fiction by him.
