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Conspirata - by Robert Harris (Paperback)

Conspirata - by  Robert Harris (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Harris's acclaimed Roman trilogy continues with a historical saga in which the future of democracy is decided, and revenge is the coin of the realm.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>Conspirata</i> is "a portrait of ancient politics as a blood sport," raves <i>The New York Times</i>. As he did with <i>Imperium</i>, 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.</b> <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Republican Rome, with all its grandeur and corruption, has rarely been made as vivid." -- Nick Rennison, "The Sunday Times" (London)<br>

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