Dictator by Robert Harris
Laws are silent in times of war. - Cicero There was a time when Cicero held Caesars life in the palm of his hand.
Triumphant, compelling and deeply moving…the finest fictional treatment of Ancient Rome in the English languageThey are distinguished by the mastery of the sources, sympathetic imagination, political intelligence and narrative skill…It’s a wonderful, dramatic, story, wonderfully told -- Scotsman * Allan Massie *
Robert Harris’s Cicero trilogy ends in grand style…the culmination of 12 years work and a remarkable literary achievement * Observer *
The book works…more than that; at times it sings… Thrillers are supposed to thrill, but few really do raise your heart rate and short-circuit your critical faculties…Exhilarating…This trilogy deserves the highest compliment that can be paid to a work of historical fiction * The Times *
Robert Harris completes his wonderful trilogy based on the life of Cicero. I haven’t enjoyed Roman history more since Robert Graves’s I, Claudius -- Anthony Horowitz * Guardian, Book of the Year *
Harris’s fascination with politics galvanises his impressive knowledgeableness into compulsive fiction -- Peter Kemp * The Sunday Times, Books of the Year *
Robert Harris’s Cicero trilogy ends in grand style…the culmination of 12 years work and a remarkable literary achievement * Observer *
The book works…more than that; at times it sings… Thrillers are supposed to thrill, but few really do raise your heart rate and short-circuit your critical faculties…Exhilarating…This trilogy deserves the highest compliment that can be paid to a work of historical fiction * The Times *
Robert Harris completes his wonderful trilogy based on the life of Cicero. I haven’t enjoyed Roman history more since Robert Graves’s I, Claudius -- Anthony Horowitz * Guardian, Book of the Year *
Harris’s fascination with politics galvanises his impressive knowledgeableness into compulsive fiction -- Peter Kemp * The Sunday Times, Books of the Year *
Robert Harris is the author of thirteen 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, Conclave, Munich and The Second Sleep. Several of his books have been filmed, including The Ghost, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into forty languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby. His next book, V2, is coming out in autumn 2020.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099522683 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099522683 |
| Titel | Dictator |
| Autor | Robert Harris |
| Serie | Cicero Trilogy |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Cornerstone |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2016-06-02 |
| Seitenanzahl | 544 |
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