Dictator by Robert Harris
Out at sea fishing, Asterix and Obelix are blown off course in a storm. Luckily they land on the shores of a Roman colony - or is it? Teepees, totems, gobbling birds: it's not what they're used to. And what are the Viking explorers in their longship doing? But perhaps 50 BC is a little too early for a voyage of discovery to this strange New World.
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 * 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 * Guardian, Book of the Year *
Harris’s fascination with politics galvanises his impressive knowledgeableness into compulsive fiction * 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 * Guardian, Book of the Year *
Harris’s fascination with politics galvanises his impressive knowledgeableness into compulsive fiction * The Sunday Times, Books of the Year *
Robert Harris is the author of sixteen 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, The Second Sleep, V2, Act of Oblivion and Precipice. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099474197 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099474190 |
| Title | Dictator |
| Author | Robert Harris |
| Series | Cicero Trilogy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2016-06-02 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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