Imperium (Vol. 1 Cicero's Trilogy)

First volume of the Cicero Trilogy, by the author of the bestsellers Pompeii and The Phantom When Tiro opened the door to a stranger on a cold November morning, he could not have imagined the dire consequences. That gesture would set off a chain of events that would place the senator he served at the center of one of the most famous trials in history. The strange man at the door is a victim of Verres, the corrupt governor of Sicily. The senator is Cicero, a young lawyer and extraordinary orator determined to obtain imperium—the supreme power of the state. This is the starting point for Robert Harris's magnificent novel. Told with incredible verisimilitude, the book takes us into the violent and treacherous world of Roman politics, describing how one man—intelligent, generous, stubborn, vulnerable—fought his way to the pinnacle of power.