'Masterful'Sunday TimesAncient Rome is the setting for the stunning new novel from Robert Harris, the number one bestselling author ofFatherland,Enigma,ArchangelandPompeii.When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events which will eventually propel his master into one of the most famous courtroom dramas in history.The stranger is a Sicilian, a victim of the island's corrupt Roman governor, Verres. The senator is Cicero, a brilliant young lawyer and spellbinding orator, determined to attainimperium- supreme power in the state.This is the starting-point of Robert Harris's most accomplished novel to date. Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, it takes us inside the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, to describe how one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable - fought to reach the top.Imperium, the acclaimed play cycle based on Robert Harriss Cicero novels, is running in the West End in summer 2018 tickets now on sale!

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Robert Harris is the author of twelve bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy -Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction,Conclaveand most recently,Munich. Several of his books have been filmed, includingThe Ghost, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.

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From the author of the award winning An Officer and A Spy.

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