Dictator

Confirms Harris's undisputed place as our leading master of both the historical and contemporary thriller' Daily Mail_________________LAWS ARE SILENT IN TIMES OF WAR. -- CiceroThere was a time when Cicero held Caesar's life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dominant figure and Cicero's life is in ruins.Cicero's comeback requires wit, skill and courage. And for a brief and glorious period, the legendary orator is once more the supreme senator in Rome.But politics is never static. And no statesman, however cunning, can safeguard against the ambition and corruption of others._________________'The finest fictional treatment of Ancient Rome in the English language' - The Scotsman

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From the No. 1 bestselling author of Fatherland, An Officer and a Spy, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii and The Ghost.

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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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ROBERT HARRIS RETURNS TO ANCIENT ROME IN AGRIPPA -- OUT NOW

'Harris is our leading master of both the historical and contemporary thriller' DAILY MAIL
'Climatic in every sense . . . I could not put it down' GUARDIAN

There was a time when Cicero held Caesar's life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dominant figure and Cicero's life is in ruins. Cicero's comeback requires wit, skill and courage. And for a brief and glorious period, the legendary orator is once more the supreme senator in Rome. But politics is never static. And no statesman, however cunning, can safeguard against the ambition and corruption of others.

'The finest fictional treatment of Ancient Rome in the English language' The Scotsman