Conspirata - by Robert Harris (Paperback)

Name: Conspirata - by Robert Harris (Paperback)
Brand: Gallery Books
SKU: 77269832
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Highlights

Conspirata is "a portrait of ancient politics as a blood sport," raves The New York Times.
Author(s): Robert Harris
400 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical

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About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"Republican Rome, with all its grandeur and corruption, has rarely been made as vivid." -- Nick Rennison, "The Sunday Times" (London)

Dimensions (Overall): 8.1 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)

Weight: .8 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 400

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Historical

Publisher: Gallery Books

Format: Paperback

Author: Robert Harris

Language: English

Street Date: February 1, 2011

TCIN: 77269832

UPC: 9780743266116

Item Number (DPCI): 247-53-7812

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.2 inches length x 5.3 inches width x 8.1 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.8 pounds

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