Imperium : A Novel of Ancient Rome (Paperback)

from thinkingmeat

I found this book at a used book sale last fall and picked it up from my fiction pile recently because I wanted to escape from the contemporary political scene into the story of a politician long gone. The book describes the ascent of Marcus Tullius Cicero to the consulship of Rome, a position he...

from MarysGirl

Imperium is the first in a trilogy of novels about the life and times of Marcus Tullius Cicero, one of Republican Rome's most famous orators. The book is narrated by Tiro, Cicero's slave and secretary, many years after Cicero's death. Tiro existed and lived to be a hundred years old. He was famou...

from LynnB

This is a fictionalized story of Cicero, who was a lawyer and senator in ancient Rome. It is narrated by his slave and personal secretary, Tiro, who in real life, wrote a biography of Cicero which has been lost. This is an interesting story of political intrigue and is a real page-turner. Very we...

from dougwood57

In 'Imperium', Robert Harris delivers an historically highly authentic and enjoyably readable account of Marcus Tullius Cicero's rise from 'new man' Senator to the consulship. Harris uses the historical character Tiro, Cicero's slave and private secretary, to tell the tale of legal and political ...

from ALincolnNut

The British historical novelist Robert Harris, who so famously has set novels in the World War II/Cold War era, has recently turned to the ancient world for inspiration. After a novel on Pompeii, he turns to the politics of ancient Rome with "Imperium," the story of the rise of Cicero. The first ...